2016 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act.
Article 1 - State Personnel System [State Human Resources System] Established.
§ 126-6.3 - Temporary employment needs of State agencies shall be met through the Temporary Solutions Program.
126-6.3. Temporary employment needs of State agencies shall be met through the Temporary Solutions Program.
(a) Use of Temporary Solutions Required. - Notwithstanding G.S. 126-5 or any other provision of law, all State agencies that utilize temporary employees to perform work that is not information technology-related shall employ them through the Temporary Solutions Program administered by the Office of State Human Resources. The Director of the Office of State Human Resources may create exceptions to this requirement when doing so would be in the best interests of the State in the sole discretion of the Director. An exception shall be invalid unless it is in writing.
(b) Compliance Monitoring. - The Office of State Human Resources shall monitor the employment of temporary employees by agencies subject to this section and shall report biannually to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government and to the Fiscal Research Division on agency compliance with this section and policies and rules adopted pursuant to it.
(c) State Agency Defined. - For purposes of this section, "State agency" means a unit of the executive branch of State government, such as a department, an institution, a division, a commission, a board, or a council, regardless of whether or not the agency is part of the Council of State. (2015-241, s. 26.2(e).)
