(a) A temporary appointment is an appointment to fill a workforce need for a limited period of time. Temporary employees shall not be used to permanently expand the workforce beyond authorized levels set in the authorized budget as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1(d)(1a). Temporary appointments shall not exceed 11 consecutive months, subject to the following exemptions:
- (1) Full-time students, defined as those undergraduate students taking at least 12 credit hours or graduate students taking at least 9 credit hours;
- (2) Retired employees, defined as those individuals drawing a retirement income or Social Security benefits and who have signed a statement that they are not available for, nor seeking, permanent employment;
- (3) Inmates that are on a work-release program;
- (4) Interns, defined as those students who, regardless of the number of credit hours enrolled, work to gain occupational experience for a period of at least one academic semester; and
- (5) Externs, defined as those students who, regardless of the number of credit hours enrolled, are employed as part of a written agreement between the State and an academic institution through which the student is paid and earns course credit.
- (b) Employees with a temporary appointment shall not earn or accrue leave or receive total State service credit, retirement credit, severance pay, or priority reemployment consideration.
- (c) This Rule applies to all temporary employees employed by the State.
- (d) The calculation of consecutive months in Paragraph (a) of this Rule shall restart only after a separation of at least 31 consecutive calendar days after the last day that person worked for the State in a temporary appointment. After a separation of this length, and only after such a separation, an individual who was employed for 11 consecutive months by temporary appointment shall be eligible for a new or reinstated temporary appointment.
History Note: Authority G.S. 126-4(5); 126-4(6); 126-4(7a); 126-4(19);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2021; August 1, 1995; November 1, 1991; December 1, 1978;
Readopted Eff. April 1, 2016;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2024; December 1, 2021.