§ 163-41.2. Discharge of precinct official unlawful. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 163‑41.2.  Discharge of precinct officialunlawful.

(a)        No employer may discharge or demote any employee because theemployee has been appointed as a precinct official and is serving as a precinctofficial on election day or canvass day.

(b)        An employee discharged or demoted in violation of thissection shall be entitled to be reinstated to that employee's former position.The burden of proof shall be upon the employee.

(c)        The statute of limitations for actions under this sectionshall be one year pursuant to G.S. 1‑54.

(d)        This section does not apply unless the employee provides theemployer with not less than 30 days written notice, before the date the leaveis to begin, of the employee's intention to take leave to serve as a precinctofficial.

(e)        As used in this section, "precinct official" hasthe same meaning as in G.S. 163‑41(a). (2001‑169, s. 1.)