http://www.elinfonet.com/starticles/34 Articles discussing workplace law in North Carolina. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:08:14 EST en-us http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2288 Article: 2288 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) North Carolina legislators have been attempting to pass similar statutory changes for several years, and the successful passage of the South Carolina law may spur lawmakers forward. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2150 Article: 2150 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) For the first time in North Carolina, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee may be barred from recovering workers’ compensation benefits if the employee makes an intentional misrepresentation about his physical condition in the hiring process. The decision was a turnaround for the court, which only four years ago had rejected an employee’s misrepresentation as a defense to a workers’ comp claim. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2081 Article: 2081 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) While agreements in restraint of trade were deemed void against public policy at early English common law, a covenant imposing a reasonable restraint is no longer per se invalid. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1805 Article: 1805 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Employment laws covering employers in the Carolinas. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1792 Article: 1792 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Effective January 1, 2007, the minimum wage in North Carolina increase to $6.15 an hour. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1716 Article: 1716 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In a case handled by Ford & Harrison attorneys Wade Ballard and David Tyner, an appeals court in North Carolina has held that an individual cannot file a complaint in state court under North Carolina’s disability law if that person has filed a charge under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). See Bowling v. Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital (Oct. 17, 2006). The decision in this case is the first time an appeals court has specifically addressed the issue of whether the filing of an administrative charge precludes the filing of a state court claim under the North Carolina Disabilities Act (NCDA). http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1668 Article: 1668 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) New law takes effect on January 1, 2007. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1666 Article: 1666 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Employee's primary duties or managerial, not manual. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1613 Article: 1613 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) North Carolina Governor Mike Easley has signed into law a $1 increase in the state minimum wage. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2007, requires all employers in the state to pay employees at least $6.15 per hour. An estimated 139,000 North Carolina workers will receive automatic wage increases as a result of the measure. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1531 Article: 1531 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently named identity theft as the fastest growing crime in the nation. North Carolina has responded to this threat by enacting the North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act (ITPA). The ITPA applies to all companies located or doing business in North Carolina and went into substantial effect on December 1, 2005.