{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-5-12","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126A-5-12","heading":"Career employee promotional priority.","body":"If a career employee in a position subject to this Article meets all of the following, the employee shall receive priority consideration over an applicant who is not a career employee:\n(1)\tThe career employee applies for a position at an agency that would constitute a promotion.\n(2)\tThe career employee has substantially equal qualifications to any applicant who is not a career employee. (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-5-12.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-28T06:10:56Z","sha256":"c65fa21ebae05e5d0aaf12e41359f009103a289d74483724baaf153ea322259f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-5-11","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-5-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}