GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 653

HOUSE BILL 1238

 

AN ACT TO PROTECT CERTAIN CLAIMANTS FROM DISCHARGE OR DEMOTION BY EMPLOYERS FOR INSTITUTING A WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-6.1(e) is rewritten to read:

"(e)      The failure of an employer to continue to employ, either in employment or at the employee's previous level of employment, an employee who receives compensation for permanent total disability, or a permanent partial disability interfering with his ability to adequately perform work available, shall in no manner be deemed a violation of this section."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 97-6.1(f) is rewritten to read:

"The statute of limitations for actions under this section shall be one year pursuant to G.S. 1-54."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of July, 1985.