25 N.C. Admin. Code 01D .0112 - TOTAL STATE SERVICE DEFINED

(a) Total state service shall mean the time of full-time or part-time (half-time or over) employment of an employee with a permanent, probationary, or time-limited appointment, whether subject to or exempt from the State Human Resources Act. If an employee is in pay status, on authorized military leave in accordance with 25 NCAC 01E .0800, or on workers' compensation leave for at least one-half of the regularly scheduled workdays and holidays in a pay period, credit toward total state service shall be given for the entire pay period.

(b) If an employee's work schedule is less than 12 months and the employee works all the months scheduled, such as a school year, credit toward total state service shall be given for the full year; however, if the employee works less than the scheduled time, credit toward total state service shall be given on a month-for-month basis for the actual months worked.

(c) Credit toward total state service shall be given for:

(1) Employment with other governmental units which are now North Carolina State agencies, such as county highway maintenance forces, War Manpower Commission, and judicial system;

(2) Employment with the North Carolina county agricultural extension service;

(3) Employment with the Community College system and the public school system of North Carolina;

(4) Employment with a local mental health, public health, social services, or emergency management agency in North Carolina if such employment is subject to the State Human Resources Act; and

(5) Employment with the General Assembly of North Carolina, except for participants in the Legislative Intern Program and pages, including all of the time, both permanent and temporary, of the employees and the full legislative terms of the members.

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25 N.C. Admin. Code 01D .0112

Authority G.S. 126-4(5),(10);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1983;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 1989 for a Period of 180 Days to Expire June 29, 1989;
Amended Eff. August 1, 1995; July 1, 1989; March 1, 1989;
Recodified from 25 NCAC 01D .1204(g) Eff. December 29, 2003;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2009;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 20, 2015;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2017.

Authority G.S. 126-4(5),(10);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. August 1, 1995; July 1, 1983;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 1989 for a Period of 180 Days to Expire June 29, 1989;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1989; March 1, 1989;
Recodified from 25 NCAC 01D .1204(g) Eff. December 29, 2003;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2009. Amended by North Carolina Register Volume 31, Issue 21, May 1, 2017 effective 4/1/2017.