25 NCAC 01D .1603. BENEFIT PLANS

All permanent employees on foreign service assignment will continue to receive the benefits for which they are eligible in North Carolina.  If the amount of the benefit is determined by salary, foreign service living allowances are not to be considered when counting the benefit; the living allowance is not a form of salary.  The expatriation premium is considered a part of salary.  There are special provisions for the following benefits:

(1)           Sick Leave.  State policy provides that an employee may use sick leave when there is a death in the immediate family.  (See 25 NCAC 1E, Section .0300, Rule .0305.)

(2)           Vacation Leave.  The employee on foreign service assignment will receive regular paid vacation leave as do other state employees.

(3)           Holidays.  In lieu of the holidays observed by the agencies of North Carolina State government, the foreign service employee may choose the holidays observed in the foreign country where working or a combination of foreign and domestic holidays; however, the total number of holidays observed shall not exceed the total number established by the State Human Resources Commission for the calendar year in question.

(4)           Travel Time.  In addition, an employee on foreign service assignment will be allowed time off, not chargeable to any leaves, equivalent to the length of time required to fly to the United States from the foreign assignment and to return to the foreign base from the United States in the event of a death in the immediate family.  This leave with pay is not cumulative.  Also, the employee on foreign service may receive time off with pay, not chargeable to any kind of leave, equivalent to the length of time required to travel by air from the foreign assignment to the United States and from the United States back to the foreign base once each year.  This travel time is available only if used for such purpose and is not cumulative.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126-4;

Eff. September 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. February 1, 1989; February 1, 1983.