What a North Carolina business has to have in writing
North Carolina puts most of its written-document load on the employment side and runs a full OSHA State Plan covering private and public workplaces, so the state's own OSH notice sits on every wall next to the Wage and Hour notice.
The Wage and Hour Act makes an employer's own pay and benefit policies legally binding and requires them to be in writing or posted, with written notice a pay period before any cut.
Employers with 25 or more North Carolina employees must run every new hire through E-Verify, employers who drug test must follow the Controlled Substance Examination Regulation Act's procedures, and businesses with three or more employees must carry workers' compensation and post Form 17.
On data, the Identity Theft Protection Act sets breach notification to consumers and the Attorney General plus a duty to destroy records holding personal information; North Carolina has no comprehensive consumer privacy statute.
North Carolina has a rule of its own in 6 of the 14 areas, listed below. We have not checked the other 8 yet. That is not the same as North Carolina having no rule there, and you should not read it that way. It means we have not looked.
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North Carolina rules for a 15–19 person general business
We check the same 14 areas of state law on every state page: breach notification, data security program, consumer privacy law, biometric and health data, harassment prevention, workplace safety programs, workplace violence prevention, insurance data security, state vendor security program, paid leave policies, required postings, pay transparency, licensing and certifications, and other written policies. Federal rules apply in most of these already. What this page adds is whether North Carolina has a rule of its own on top. The federal rules every employer carries follow the North Carolina rules. Each row names what you must write, post, file or certify, who enforces it, and links to the authority.
Breach Notification 1Who you must tell after a data breach, and how fast
Data Security Program 1A written safeguards program the state requires before anything goes wrong
Workplace Safety Programs 1Written programs the state safety agency requires beyond federal OSHA
Required Postings 2The notices every workplace in the state must display
Licensing and Certifications 1Registrations, licenses and certifications a business or its staff must hold
Other Written Policies 4Any other document the state makes an employer write or hand out
Because You Are in Construction 1Industry layer
Because You Are in Food & Beverage 1Industry layer
Federal rules for a 15–19 person general business
Federal rules apply in every state, on top of the North Carolina rules above. North Carolina has an OSHA-approved State Plan covering private sector workers, so the state program enforces the workplace safety rows here and must be at least as effective as OSHA. OSHA State Plans ↗
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NC Department of Justice - Protect Your Business from ID TheftNC Department of Justice - Report a Security BreachNC General Assembly - G.S. 75-65NC General Assembly - G.S. 75-64NC Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and HealthOSHA - North Carolina State PlanNC Department of Labor - Workplace Labor Law PostersNC Department of Labor - All State and Federal Workplace PostersNC Department of Labor - Employer ResponsibilitiesNC Department of Labor - Promised Wages Including Wage BenefitsNC Department of Labor - Changes or Reduction in WagesNC Department of Labor - Employee Rights Regarding Time Worked and Wages EarnedNC Department of Labor - E-Verify Frequently Asked QuestionsNC Department of Labor - E-VerifyNC Department of Labor - Drug TestingNC Department of Labor - Workplace RightsNC Department of Labor - Youth Employment RulesNC Industrial Commission - EmployersNC Industrial Commission - Form 17 workplace posterNC Industrial Commission - Industrial Commission FormsNC Secretary of State - Business RegistrationNC Secretary of State - Business Annual ReportNC DHHS Division of Public Health - Environmental HealthNC DHHS Environmental Health - Rules Governing Food Protection and Sanitation of Food Establishments (15A NCAC 18A .2600) (PDF)NC DHHS Environmental Health - Certified Food Protection Manager Requirement (PDF)NC Licensing Board for General ContractorsNC Licensing Board for General Contractors - Classifications and limitationsNC Licensing Board for General Contractors - Laws and Regulations