Public Officials

Below you will find an index of our content. Use the filters to make your search more specific.

Archived (out of date)

Results: 7
Bulletin
Forensic Medical Exams and Health Care for Sexual Assault Victims Who Are Minors: Who is Authorized to Consent?

Following a sexual assault, victims may have any number of things on their minds: their immediate safety, whether to contact law enforcement, whether to seek medical care, and more. They may also have concerns about confidentiality and whether disclosing information about the assault while accessing services will trigger other legal consequences, such as reports to social services or criminal...
Book
book cover
County and Municipal Government in North Carolina, 2025 Edition

North Carolina is home to over 10 million people, more than 550 cities, and exactly 100 counties, all governed by the laws summarized in this book. The tiny town with just a single stoplight and the major metropolis with a million residents operate under the same legal framework. This book aims to explain that legal framework so that readers understand what our state’s counties and cities do...
Bulletin
Amendment One, North Carolina Public Employers, and Domestic Partner Benefits

On May 8, 2012, North Carolina voters approved an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution making marriage between a man and a woman the only "domestic" union that can receive legal recognition in the state. The question arises with the adoption of Amendment One whether the extension of benefits to same-sex couples by public employers is now unlawful. This bulletin looks at the law the...
Bulletin
Congress Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act to Add a New Category of Protected Leave for Military Families

Discusses a new amendment to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that provides employees who have family members in the armed services with extended leave. The bulletin explains aspects of servicemember family leave including restriction on the total amount of leave, eligibility requirements, and medical certification; and it provides practice advice for public employers.
Bulletin
Coordinating Retiree Health Benefits with Medicare: The EEOC Issues Its Long-Delayed Final Rule

This bulletin discusses the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's final rule permitting employers to coordinate their retiree health benefit plans with eligibility for Medicare. Published on December 26, 2007, the rule answers the question: Is it unlawful age discrimination to reduce a retiree's health benefits when the retiree becomes eligible for Medicare? The answer is no. As...
Bulletin
Early Retirement Incentive Programs: Are They Legal for North Carolina Public Employers?

Discusses each of the features necessary to make an early retirement incentive program comply with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
Book
North Carolina Legislation 2005: A summary of legislation in the 2005 General Assembly of interest to north Carolina public officials

From the Editor's Preface: 

"Since 1955 the UNC Chapel Hill School of Government’s Institute of Government has publishedperiodic summaries of legislation enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly. Initially thesesummaries were published in special issues of Popular Government. Beginning in 1974, however, theInstitute began publishing the summaries annually as a...