{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126-3.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-3.1","heading":"Employing agency flexibility.","body":"(a)\tFor the purposes of this section, an \"employing agency\" means the Council of State, State agencies in the executive branch of government, the Community Colleges System Office, and The University of North Carolina.\n(b)\tAn employing agency is granted flexibility, notwithstanding other provisions of this Chapter, to do the following:\n(1)\tOffer qualified applicants for employment the option to have their applications considered for future positions at the same agency and at other agencies within the same or comparable classification.\n(2)\tPermit agencies to recruit and hire applicants from job postings that apply to all vacancies in a particular classification across all State agencies.\n(3)\tClassify or reclassify positions according to the State Human Resources Commission (SHRC) classification system, provided employees meet the minimum requirements for the classification.\n(4)\tEstablish employee salaries within SHRC-determined salary ranges for respective position classifications.\n(c)\tNothing in this section diminishes the powers of the State Human Resources Commission or the Director of the Office of State Human Resources under any other provision of this Chapter or relating to corrective actions taken when an employing agency fails to comply with this section. (2025-34, s. 5(a).)","path":["Chapter 126. North Carolina Human Resources Act.","Article 1. State Human Resources System Established."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_126/GS_126-3.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:19:57Z","sha256":"087c6d3ca823063977e5713e95b5d19c21456a36db0182cf2cfea715b24068b8","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126-3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}