NC S407

Enacts the Employee Fair Classification Act, establishing an Employee Classification Section within the Industrial Commission to receive and investigate reports of employee misclassification and coordinate with state agencies to recover back taxes, wages, and benefits.

Requires state occupational licensing boards and commissions to include on all license applications certification that applicants understand misclassification rules and disclosure of any investigations for employee misclassification.

Directs the Industrial Commission to adopt rules and guidelines for utilization of opioids, related prescriptions, and pain management treatment in workers' compensation cases.

Repeals G.S. 97-81(c), eliminating a requirement that the Industrial Commission study causes of injury and recommend prevention methods.

Delays the effective date for a requirement that employers respond to unemployment insurance claims from October 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018.