North Carolina Crime Victims : N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50B-5.5 & § 95-270(a).

Covered Employers: All employers

Employee Eligibility: All employees

Entitlement: An employer is prohibited from discharging, demoting, disciplining, or denying a promotion to an employee who takes "reasonable time off" from work to obtain or attempt to obtain a protective order or other relief under the state's domestic violence law, including but not limited to instituting a civil action, obtaining a protective order, or obtaining emergency assistance. An employee who is absent to such seek relief must follow the employer's usual leave policy or practices; if the employer generally requires advance notice of absences.

Employer Notice: An employee must provide advanced notice unless an emergency prevents them from doing so

Employee Notice: Not specified

Obligation to provide certification or other supporting documentation: An employer may request supporting documents of any emergency that prevented the employee from complying in advance with the employer's usual time-off policy or procedure, or any other information available to the employee which supports the employee's reason for being absent from work.

Paid: Not specified

Benefits: Not specified

Reinstatement: Not specified, but an employer cannot discharge, demote, deny a promotion, or discipline an employee because the employee took reasonable time off from work to obtain or attempt to obtain relief under the statute.

Other important definitions/requirements: NA

Absence Specifications