{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-1-2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126A-1-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(1)\tAgency. - An executive branch agency or a local agency.\n(2)\tAgency head. - The head of an agency, such as a member of the Council of State, a cabinet Secretary, the President of The University of North Carolina, or an executive director of a commission.\n(3)\tCabinet agency. - An executive branch agency that is under the control of the Governor.\n(4)\tCareer employee. - An employee in a career appointment as provided in Part 2 of this Article.\n(5)\tCommission. - The State Human Resources Commission.\n(6)\tCouncil of State agency. - An executive branch agency under the control of a member of the Council of State.\n(7)\tDirector. - The Director of the Office of State Human Resources.\n(8)\tEmployee. - An individual hired to carry out assigned tasks in return for payment operating under the guidance and supervision of an employing agency. This term does not include independent contractors.\n(9)\tEmploying agency. - The agency that hired an employee and has the power to separate the employee from a position.\n(10)\tExecutive branch agency. - Any department, commission, division, board, bureau, council, or institution of the State within the executive branch of government, including The University of North Carolina.\n(11)\tExempt managerial employee. - An employee designated as an exempt managerial position as provided in Part 3 of this Article.\n(12)\tExempt policymaking employee. - An employee designated as an exempt policymaking position as provided in Part 3 of this Article.\n(13)\tExperiential program. - A program for both employment and educational or training purposes, such as a registered apprenticeship, informal apprenticeship, fellowship, or other work-based learning program.\n(14)\tLocal agency. - One of the following:\na.\tArea mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authorities, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 122C of the General Statutes. A consolidated county human services agency created pursuant to G.S. 153A-77(b) is not considered a local agency under this subdivision.\nb.\tLocal social services departments.\nc.\tCounty health departments and district health departments.\nd.\tLocal emergency management agencies that receive federal grant-in-aid funds.\n(15)\tLocal employee. - An employee of a local agency and any other county employee as designated by a board of county commissioners.\n(16)\tOSHR. - The Office of State Human Resources.\n(17)\tPersonnel professional. - Any employee whose primary job duties involve administrative personnel and human resources functions.\n(18)\tPolicy. - A policy, rule, standard, practice, procedure, criteria, or regulation established by the Commission, subject to the approval of the Governor.\n(19)\tQualifications. - Training, education, years of experience, or other skills, knowledge, and abilities that bear a reasonable functional relationship to the abilities and skills required in the position.\n(20)\tState employee. - An employee of an executive branch agency, including The University of North Carolina.\n(21)\tSupervisor. - A position that has other employees directly report to it.\n(22)\tTemporary employee. - An employee classified as a temporary employee as provided in Part 2 of this Article.\n(23)\tThe University of North Carolina. - As defined in G.S. 116-1. A constituent institution of The University of North Carolina has only the authority delegated to it by the Board of Governors or the University of North Carolina System Office. (2026-40, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 126A. North Carolina Human Resources Act.","Article 1. State Human Resources System.","Part 1. Goals, Definitions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_126A/GS_126A-1-2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-28T06:10:56Z","sha256":"bcc0be2ccb501485bbd439a79a7c6b0f249534a583e6a62ba0dad8d67de1c657","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-1-1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-1-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}