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NC S686

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/7/2021

Primary Sponsor

Michael Lee

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Origin

Senate

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires call center employers with 50+ full-time employees (or 1,500+ aggregate weekly hours) to notify the Commissioner of Labor at least 120 days before relocating a call center or 30% or more of its operations outside North Carolina.

  • Mandates the Commissioner compile and distribute a semiannual list of relocating call center employers to all state executive branch agencies.

  • Requires employers on the relocation list to repay the unamortized value of previously received grants, guaranteed loans, tax benefits, and other governmental support using a graduated scale formula that reaches zero percent repayment after five years.

  • Requires relocating call center employers to fund retraining tuition through the North Carolina Community College System for displaced employees, with funds forfeited if unused within 18 months of displacement.

  • Does not affect workers' entitlement to state unemployment compensation, disability payments, or worker retraining funds regardless of employer relocation.

Legislative Description

Call Center Eco. Dev. Incentive Clawback

Colleges & Universities

Last Action

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

4/8/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate4/8/2021

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