Protected Categories
North Carolina protects sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability/handicap, sickle-cell or hemoglobin C trait, genetic testing and information, and HIV/AIDS status or testing.
State Sexual Harassment Definition
Same as Federal
Who May Be Liable
Employer and supervisor
State Training & Education Requirements
North Carolina strongly encourages state agencies to provide non-harassment training, as explained below.
All state agencies must develop a “plan on unlawful workplace harassment.” The agencies should include “utilization of training and other methods” in their plans to train state employees.
25 N.C.A.C. 1J.1101.
Enforcement
North Carolina Human Relations Commission
Citation
N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 95-28.1, 95-28.1A, 130A-148, 143-422.2