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NC Gen Stat § 96-14.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 2C - Benefits Payable for Unemployment Compensation.|§ 96-14.11 - Disqualification for the remaining weeks of the benefit period.

 96-14.11. Disqualification for the remaining weeks of the benefit period.(a) Duration. - An individual may be disqualified from receiving benefits for the remaining weeks of the claim's duration if one or more subsections of this section apply. The period of disqualification under this section begins with the first day of the first week after the disqualifying act occurs.(b) Suitable Work. - An individual is disqualified for any remaining benefits if the Division determines that the individual has failed, without good cause, to do one or more of the following:(1) Apply for available suitable work when so directed by the employment office of the Division.(2) Accept suitable work when offered.(3) Return to the individual's customary self-employment when so directed by the Division.(c) Recall After Layoff. - An individual is disqualified for any remaining benefits if it is determined by the Division that the individual is unemployed because the individual, without good cause attributable to the employer and after receiving notice from the employer, refused to return to work for an employer under one or more of the following circumstances:(1) The individual was recalled within four weeks after a layoff. As used in this subdivision, the term "layoff" means a temporary separation from work due to no work available for the individual at the time of separation from work and the individual is retained on the employer's payroll and is a continuing employee subject to recall by the employer.(2) The individual was recalled in a week in which the work search requirements were satisfied under G.S. 96-14.9(g) due to job attachment.  (2013-2, s. 5; 2013-224, ss. 19, 20(e); 2013-391, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-14.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 2C - Benefits Payable for Unemployment Compensation.|§ 96-14.12 - Limitations on company officers and spouses.

 96-14.12. Limitations on company officers and spouses.(a) Disqualification for Benefits. - An individual is disqualified for benefits if the Division determines either of the following:(1) The individual is customarily self-employed and can reasonably return to self-employment.(2) The individual or the individual's spouse is unemployed because the individual's ownership share of the employer was voluntarily sold and, at the time of the sale, one or more of the following applied:a. The employer was a corporation and the individual held five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the corporation.b. The employer was a partnership, limited or general, and the individual was a limited or general partner.c. The employer was a limited liability company and the individual was a member.d. The employer was a proprietorship, and the individual was the proprietor.(b) Duration of Benefits. - This subsection applies to an individual and the spouse of an individual who is unemployed based on services performed for a corporation in which the individual held five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the corporation. The maximum number of weeks an individual or an individual's spouse may receive benefits is six weeks.  (2013-2, s. 5; 2013-224, s. 19; 2015-238, s. 2.8(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 96-14.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 2C - Benefits Payable for Unemployment Compensation.|§ 96-14.13 - Limitation on benefits due to lump sum payments.

 96-14.13. Limitation on benefits due to lump sum payments.An individual is disqualified from receiving benefits for any week for which the individual receives any sum from the employer pursuant to an order of a court, the National Labor Relations Board, or another adjudicative agency or by private agreement, consent, or arbitration for loss of pay by reason of discharge. When the employer pays a lump sum that covers a period of more than one week, the amount paid is allocated to the weeks in the period on a pro rata basis as determined by the Division. If the amount prorated to a week would, if it had been earned by the individual during that week of unemployment, have resulted in a reduced benefit payment as provided in G.S. 96-14.2, the individual is entitled to receive the reduced payment if the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits.Benefits paid for weeks of unemployment for which back pay awards or other similar compensation are made constitutes an overpayment of benefits. The employer must deduct the overpayment from the award prior to payment to the employee and must send the overpayment to the Division within five days of the payment for application against the overpayment. Overpayments not remitted to the Division are subject to the same collection procedures as contributions. The removal of charges made against the employer's account as a result of the previously paid benefits applies to the calendar year in which the Division receives the overpayment.  (2013-2, s. 5; 2013-224, s. 19.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-14.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 2C - Benefits Payable for Unemployment Compensation.|§ 96-14.15 - Emergency unemployment benefits and tax credit to respond to the coronavirus emergency of 2020.

 96-14.15. Emergency unemployment benefits and tax credit to respond to the coronavirus emergency of 2020.(a) Benefits Payable. - Unemployment benefits are payable in response to the coronavirus emergency in any of the following circumstances:(1) An employer temporarily ceases operations due to the coronavirus, preventing the individual from going to work.(2) An employer reduces the hours of employment due to the coronavirus.(3) An individual has a current diagnosis of the coronavirus.(4) An individual is quarantined at the instruction of a health care provider or a local, State, or federal official.(b) Exceptions Allowed. - The provisions of this Chapter apply to benefits payable under this section except as follows:(1) Waiting week. - No waiting week applies to a claim for unemployment under this section.(2) Work search. - The work search requirements do not apply to an individual who is eligible for unemployment under this section.(3) Non-charging. - Benefits paid to an individual under this section are not charged to the account of any base period employer of the individual.(4) Attached claim. - An employer may file an attached claim for benefits allowed under this section. The restrictions for filing an attached claim under G.S. 96-15(a1) do not apply to an employer-filed claim under this section and a claim filed by an employer under this section is not an attached claim filed under G.S. 96-15(a1).(c) Tax Credit. - An employer is allowed a tax credit for a contribution to the Unemployment Insurance Fund payable under G.S. 96-9.2 for contributions due for the calendar year 2020. The amount of the credit is equal to the amount of contributions payable on the report filed by the employer on or before April 30, 2020.If an employer remitted the contributions payable with the report due on or before April 30, 2020, the credit will be applied to the contributions payable on the report due on or before July 31, 2020. An employer must file the report to receive the credit. If the amount of the credit exceeds the amount of contributions due on the report, the excess credit amount is considered an overpayment and will be refunded pursuant to G.S. 96-9.15(b).(d) Coronavirus. - For purposes of this section, the term "coronavirus" has the same meaning as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.(e) Applicability. - This section applies for unemployment benefits filed for periods beginning on or after March 10, 2020, and expires for unemployment benefits filed for periods beginning on or after the earlier of the following: (i) the date the Governor signs an executive order rescinding Executive Order No. 116, Declaration of a State of Emergency to Coordinate Response and Protective Actions to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19, or (ii) December 31, 2020.  (2020-3, s. 1.2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 96-14.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 2C - Benefits Payable for Unemployment Compensation.|§ 96-14.16 - Emergency unemployment benefits and tax rate reduction to respond to the coronavirus emergency of 2021.

 96-14.16. Emergency unemployment benefits and tax rate reduction to respond to the coronavirus emergency of 2021.(a) Extended Benefit Period. - With respect to determining whether the State is in an extended benefits period beginning November 1, 2020, through December 31, 2021, the State shall disregard the requirement in G.S. 96-14.14(b)(3) that no extended period may begin before the fourteenth week following the end of a prior extended benefit period which was in effect with respect to this State.(b) Deferral of Regular Unemployment Compensation Payment. - The purpose of this subsection is to elect the option by which the State will coordinate the PEUC and regular unemployment compensation programs for individuals who meet the four criteria to be paid PEUC, as required by the Unemployment Insurance Program Letter 17-20, Change 2, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor on December 31, 2020. The State elects option one, which requires an individual whose benefit year has expired to file a regular unemployment initial claim in a new benefit year but defers payment of the new regular unemployment compensation claim until the individual's PEUC claim has been exhausted or the PEUC program has expired, whichever occurs first. For purposes of this subsection, "PEUC" means the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program.(c) Tax Rate Reduction. - For the calendar year 2021, the base contribution rate determined under G.S. 96-9.2(c) for an experience-rated employer will remain at one and nine-tenths percent (1.9%).(d) Applicability. - This section applies for unemployment benefits filed for periods beginning on or after March 10, 2020, and expires for unemployment benefits filed for periods beginning on or after the earlier of the following: (i) the date the Governor signs an executive order rescinding Executive Order No. 116, Declaration of a State of Emergency to Coordinate Response and Protective Actions to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19, or (ii) December 31, 2021.  (2021-5, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-15.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 2D - Administration of Benefits.|§ 96-15.1 - Protection of witnesses from discharge, demotion, or intimidation.

 96-15.1. Protection of witnesses from discharge, demotion, or intimidation.(a) No person may discharge, demote, or threaten any person because that person has testified or has been summoned to testify in any proceeding under the Employment Security Act.(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable in a civil action for reasonable damages suffered by any person as a result of the violation, and an employee discharged or demoted in violation of this section shall be entitled to be reinstated to his former position. The burden of proof shall be upon the party claiming a violation to prove a claim under this section.(c) The General Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction over actions under this section.(d) The statute of limitations for actions under this section shall be one year pursuant to G.S. 1-54. (1987, c. 532, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-15.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 2D - Administration of Benefits.|§ 96-15.2 - Protection of witness before the Employment Security Commission.

 96-15.2. Protection of witness before the Employment Security Commission.If any person shall by threats, menace, or in any other manner intimidate or attempt to intimidate any person who is summoned or acting as a witness in any proceeding brought under the Employment Security Act, or prevent or deter, or attempt to prevent or deter any person summoned or acting as such witness from attendance upon such proceeding, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1987, c. 532, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 673; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 96-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-20 - Duties of Division; conformance to Wagner-Peyser Act; organization; director; employees.

 96-20. Duties of Division; conformance to Wagner-Peyser Act; organization; director; employees.The Employment Security Section of the Division of Employment Security, Department of Commerce, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this Chapter, and for the purpose of performing such duties as are within the purview of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes," approved June 6, 1933, (48 Stat., 113; U.S.C., Title 29, section 49(c), as amended). The said Division shall be administered by a full-time salaried director. The Division shall be charged with the duty to cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the said act of Congress, as amended, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this State the benefits of the said act of Congress, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The provisions of the said act of Congress, as amended, are hereby accepted by this State, in conformity with section 4 of said act, and this State will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. The Division is hereby designated and constituted the agency of this State for the purpose of said act. The Secretary is directed to appoint the head, other officers, and employees of the Employment Security Section.  (Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 1941, c. 108, s. 11; 1947, c. 326, s. 24; 2011-401, s. 2.21.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-21 - Duties concerning veterans and worker profiling.

 96-21. Duties concerning veterans and worker profiling.The duties of the Employment Security Section include the following:(1) To cooperate with all State and federal agencies in attempting to secure suitable employment and fair treatment for military veterans and disabled veterans.(2) To establish and use a worker profiling system that complies with 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(10) to identify claimants for benefits whom the Section must refer to reemployment services in accordance with that law.  (1921, c. 131, s. 3; C.S., s. 7312(c); Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 1979, c. 660, s. 26; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 680, s. 6; 2011-401, s. 2.22.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-22 - Employment of and assistance to minors.

 96-22. Employment of and assistance to minors.The Employment Security Section shall have jurisdiction over all matters contemplated in this Article pertaining to securing employment for all minors who avail themselves of the free employment service. The Employment Security Section shall have power to so conduct its affairs that at all times it shall be in harmony with laws relating to child labor and compulsory education; to aid in inducing minors over 16, who cannot or do not for various reasons attend day school, to undertake promising skilled employment; to aid in influencing minors who do not come within the purview of compulsory education laws, and who do not attend day school, to avail themselves of continuation or special courses in existing night schools, vocational schools, part-time schools, trade schools, business schools, library schools, university extension courses, etc., so as to become more skilled in such occupation or vocation to which they are respectively inclined or particularly adapted, including assisting those minors who are interested in securing vocational employment in agriculture and to aid in the development of good citizenship and in the study and development of vocational rehabilitation capabilities for handicapped minors.  (1921, c. 131, s. 4; C.S., s. 7312(d); Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 1979, c. 660, s. 27; 2011-401, s. 2.23.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-24 - Local offices; cooperation with United States service; financial aid from United States.

 96-24. Local offices; cooperation with United States service; financial aid from United States.(a) Agreement. - The Department of Commerce is authorized to enter into agreement with the governing authorities of any municipality, county, township, or school corporation in the State for such period of time as may be deemed desirable for the purpose of establishing and maintaining local free employment offices, and for the extension of vocational guidance in cooperation with the United States Employment Service, and under and by virtue of any such agreement as aforesaid to pay, from any funds appropriated by the State for the purposes of this Article, any part or the whole of the salaries, expenses or rent, maintenance, and equipment of offices and other expenses.(b) Location. - The Department of Commerce must take into consideration all of the following factors when determining the appropriate number and location of local offices:(1) Location of the population served.(2) Staff availability.(3) Proximity of local offices to each other.(4) Use of automation products to provide services.(5) Services and procedural efficiencies.(6) Any other factors the Division considers necessary in determining the appropriate number and location of local offices.  (1921, c. 131, s. 6; C.S., s. 7312(f); 1931, c. 312, s. 3; 1935, c. 106, s. 4; Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 2011-401, s. 2.24; 2013-2, s. 8; 2013-224, s. 19.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-25 - Acceptance and use of donations.

 96-25. Acceptance and use of donations.It shall be lawful for the Employment Security Section to receive, accept, and use, in the name of the people of the State, or any community or municipal corporation, as the donor may designate, by gift or devise, any moneys, buildings, or real estate for the purpose of extending the benefits of this Article and for the purpose of giving assistance to handicapped citizens through vocational rehabilitation.  (1921, c. 131, s. 7; C.S., s. 7312(g); 1931, c. 312, s. 3; Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 1979, c. 660, s. 28; 2011-401, s. 2.25.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-26 - Cooperation of towns, townships, and counties with Division.

 96-26. Cooperation of towns, townships, and counties with Division.It shall be lawful for the governing authorities of any municipality, county, township, or school corporation in the State to enter into cooperative agreement with the Employment Security Section and to appropriate and expend the necessary money upon such conditions as may be approved by the Employment Security Section and to permit the use of public property for the joint establishment and maintenance of such offices as may be mutually agreed upon, and which will further the purpose of this Article.  (1921, c. 131, s. 8; C.S., s. 7312(h); 1931, c. 312, s. 3; 1935, c. 106, s. 5; Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 2011-401, s. 2.26.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-27 - Method of handling employment service funds.

 96-27. Method of handling employment service funds.All federal funds received by this State under the Wagner-Peyser Act (48 Stat. 113; Title 29, U.S.C., section 49) as amended, and all State funds appropriated or made available to the Employment Security Section shall be paid into the Employment Security Administration Fund, and said moneys are hereby made available to the State employment service to be expended as provided in this Article and by said act of Congress. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the Section is authorized to enter into agreements with any political subdivision of this State or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a part of any such agreement the Division may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the Employment Security Administration Fund.  (1935, c. 106, s. 7; Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 1941, c. 108, s. 11; 1947, c. 598, s. 1; 2011-401, s. 2.27.)
NC Gen Stat § 96-29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Employment Service Division.|§ 96-29 - Openings listed by State agencies.

 96-29. Openings listed by State agencies.Every State agency shall list with the Division of Employment Security every job opening occurring within the agency which opening the agency wishes filled and which will not be filled solely by promotion or transfer from within the existing State government work force. The listing shall include a brief description of the duties and salary range and shall be filed with the Division within 30 days after the occurrence of the opening. The State agency may not fill the job opening for at least 21 days after the listing has been filed with the Division. The listing agency shall report to the Division the filling of any listed opening within 15 days after the opening has been filled.The Division may act to waive the 21-day listing period for job openings in job classifications declared to be in short supply by the State Human Resources Commission, upon the request of a State agency, if the 21-day listing requirement for these classifications hinders the agency in providing essential services.  (1973, c. 715, s. 1; c. 1341; 1985, c. 358; 1989, c. 583, s. 16; 1991, c. 357, s. 1; 2011-401, s. 2.28; 2013-382, s. 9.1(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 96-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 96 - Employment Security|Article 4 - Job Training, Education, and Placement Information Management.|§ 96-30 - Findings and purpose.

 96-30. Findings and purpose.The General Assembly finds it in the best interests of this State that the establishment, maintenance, and funding of State job training, education, and placement programs be based on current, comprehensive information on the effectiveness of these programs in securing employment for North Carolina citizens and providing a well-trained workforce for business and industry in this State. To this end, it is the purpose of this Article to require the establishment of an information system that maintains up-to-date job-related information on current and former participants in State job training and education programs. (1995, c. 507, s. 25.6(a).)