North Carolina
This guide provides an overview of legal requirements related to group life insurance and disability benefits in North Carolina.
North Carolina does not have a family and medical leave law applicable to private sector employers.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of workers' compensation requirements in North Carolina, including those related to workplace notices and posters, covered employers and employees, compensable injuries, employer defenses to claims, medical and other benefits, retaliation and interference protections, and dispute resolution.
As mandated by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, employers subject to the Employment Security Law must post the Unemployment Insurance posters.
Employers subject to the North Carolina unemployment insurance law must pay unemployment taxes. These taxes provide wage replacement for covered claimants. This guide helps HR professionals understand related compliance obligations.
North Carolina employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
North Carolina employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of emergency responder leave during declared states of emergency and to show their compliance with North Carolina's emergency responder leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
North Carolina employers with enclosed workplace areas should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
North Carolina employers seeking to show their compliance with North Carolina's law regarding texting while driving, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for business-related purposes or while driving a company-owned vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
North Carolina employers seeking to communicate to employees that the employer uses E-Verify and what the potential ramifications are if employment eligibility cannot be verified should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.