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Introduced
03/30/2023
03/30/2023
In Committee
04/03/2023
04/03/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/13/2024
12/13/2024
Introduced Session
2023-2024 Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT ADVANCING ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA BY INCREASING THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE IN PHASES TO FIFTEEN DOLLARS PER HOUR OVER FIVE YEARS; MANDATING EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK; REQUIRING PAID SICK LEAVE AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE; RESTORING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION AND STUDYING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR APP-BASED "GIG ECONOMY" WORKERS; INCREASING THE TIPPED MINIMUM WAGE; ENDING WAGE THEFT; REQUIRING THE FAIR ASSESSMENT OF PERSONS WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES BY "BANNING THE BOX"; REPEALING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RESTRICTIONS; REENACTING THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AND TAX CREDITS FOR CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSES; CREATING A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT FIRST RESPONDERS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE WORKERS INFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS CONTRACTED THE DISEASE IN THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT; REQUIRING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYERS CREDIT FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS FOR LEAVE TAKEN WHILE QUARANTINED DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC; MANDATING HAZARD PAY FOR ESSENTIAL STATE EMPLOYEES FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE; DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY THE PROVISION OF HAZARD PAY TO PRIVATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES; AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO SETTLE PANDEMIC-RELATED STATE EMPLOYEE WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS.
AI Summary
This bill, known as the Economic Security Act of 2023, makes several changes to North Carolina's labor laws. The key provisions include:
- Increasing the state minimum wage in phases to $15 per hour over 5 years, starting at $8 per hour in 2023.
- Mandating equal pay for equal work between men and women.
- Requiring employers to provide paid sick leave and family medical leave.
- Restoring and adjusting unemployment insurance benefits for inflation, and studying benefits for "gig economy" workers.
- Increasing the tipped minimum wage and ending wage theft.
- Prohibiting employers from inquiring about criminal histories until after a conditional job offer is made ("ban the box").
- Repealing restrictions on public employee collective bargaining.
- Reenacting the state's earned income tax credit and creating a new tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.
- Establishing a presumption that certain workers who contract COVID-19 did so in the course of their employment, entitling them to workers' compensation.
- Requiring local governments to credit leave taken by first responders and healthcare workers who were quarantined due to COVID-19.
- Mandating hazard pay for essential state employees during a pandemic and appropriating funds for that purpose.
- Directing a study on providing hazard pay to private and local government employees.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs
Sponsors (9)
Amber Baker (D)*,
Terry Brown (D)*,
Pricey Harrison (D)*,
Marcia Morey (D)*,
Cynthia Ball (D),
Gloristine Brown (D),
Deb Butler (D),
Rosa Gill (D),
Renée Price (D),
Last Action
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (on 04/03/2023)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H541 |
| BillText | https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H541v1.pdf |
| BillText | https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H541v0.pdf |
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