NC H546

Call center employers with 50+ full-time employees or 50+ employees working 1,500+ aggregate hours per week must notify the Commissioner of Labor at least 120 days before relocating a call center or 30% or more of its operations outside North Carolina.

The Commissioner shall compile and distribute semiannual lists of relocating call center employers to all state executive branch agencies.

Employers appearing on the relocation list must repay the unamortized value of any grants, guaranteed loans, or tax benefits previously received on a graduated scale formula that reaches zero percent repayment at the five-year mark.

Relocating call center employers must fund retraining tuition through the North Carolina Community College System for displaced employees, with tuition forfeited if not used within 18 months of displacement.

The act does not affect workers' eligibility for state unemployment compensation, disability payments, or worker retraining funds.