{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-5-1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126A-5-1","heading":"Recruitment and hiring.","body":"(a)\tThe Commission shall establish policies on recruitment and hiring for positions subject to this Article, including the following:\n(1)\tThe posting of positions.\n(2)\tJob applications.\n(3)\tRecruitment programs designed to promote public employment, communicate current hiring activities within agencies, and attract a sufficient flow of internal and external applicants.\n(4)\tHow to determine the relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions.\n(5)\tThe appointment, promotion, transfer, redeployment, demotion, and suspension of employees.\n(6)\tThe implementation of the redeployment requirements for employees hired before August 21, 2013, as required by G.S. 126A-5-13.\n(b)\tThe Commission shall establish recruitment and hiring policies under subsection (a) of this section that (i) assure recruitment, selection, and hiring procedures are similar across agencies, (ii) encourage open and fair competition for positions and the hiring of a diverse workforce, and (iii) otherwise implement the State's policy of nonpolitical hiring practices in accordance with this Chapter. The Commission shall ensure that the polices address the training necessary for supervisors, management personnel, and personnel professionals to implement the policies. (2026-40, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 126A. North Carolina Human Resources Act.","Article 5. Recruitment and Hiring.","Part 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_126A/GS_126A-5-1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-28T06:10:56Z","sha256":"187e1392fbabb71a4e69fde835832fbf90527866e07369e81aae1fa4a8e2baad","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-4-3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-5-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}