ST35 North Carolina (December 2007; updated August 2010 - no changes to law)
1.18: USERRA and Other Laws
2.0: Paid Leave

Paid Military Leave for Public Employees in North Carolina

By CAPT Samuel F. Wright, JAGC, USN (Ret.)

North Carolina law provides as follows concerning paid military leave for employees of the state and its political subdivisions:

"The Governor or the Governor's designee shall promulgate appropriate policy and regulations relating to leaves of absence for short periods of military training and for State or federal military duty or special emergency management service of all officers and employees of the State and its political subdivisions, including officers and employees of public educational facilities under the sponsorship of the State, without loss of pay, time or efficiency rating." (General Statutes of North Carolina, section 127A-116.)

By regulation, employees of the State of North Carolina and its political subdivisions are entitled to 120 working hours (three weeks) of paid military leave for the purpose of performing active duty for training and inactive duty training (drills). 16 North Carolina Register 1774 (February 15, 2002).

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