{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1033","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1033","heading":"Employment absence.","body":"(a)\tAn employer shall not discriminate against, discharge, demote, or otherwise take an adverse employment action against any employee that is a member of the North Carolina Wing-Civil Air Patrol on the basis of that membership or any absence required to perform duties if the absence is authorized pursuant to this section.\n(b)\tAn absence from employment by a member of the North Carolina Wing-Civil Air Patrol is authorized if it meets all of the following requirements:\n(1)\tThe absence is necessary to perform duties incident to a State-approved mission pursuant to G.S. 143B-1030(b)(3) or a United States Air Force authorized mission.\n(2)\tThe absence is for no more than seven consecutive scheduled working days for that employee.\n(3)\tThe total absences in a calendar year do not exceed more than 14 scheduled working days for that employee.\n(c)\tThe employer may require that the employee furnish a copy of the employee's mission order.\n(d)\tNothing in this section shall be construed to require an employer to pay salary or wages to a member of the North Carolina Wing-Civil Air Patrol during the employee's authorized absence, except when the employee chooses to use any paid leave that may be available to the employee through their employment. (2023-137, s. 46(a).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 13. Department of Public Safety.","Part 5. Division of Emergency Management."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-1033.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"5290ade96c4f2477dfef0013b93aa316bed2f2d08f5e556c237c776299e85357","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1032","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}