A recently passed North Carolina law—S.B. 473, effective Dec. 9, 2021—imposes new restrictions and requirements on public officials. While North Carolina has for a long time prohibited public officials from deriving a direct...more
Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are no longer required to provide employees with COVID-related paid leave, but they may do so in some situations and still...more
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By enacting Session Law 2019-245, the North Carolina General Assembly imposed new broad-sweeping requirements to protect children, making failure to report certain criminal acts perpetrated against children a crime. The new...more