An employee who is absent from work and does not contact the employer for three consecutive scheduled workdays may be separated from employment as a voluntary resignation. The separation creates no right of grievance or appeal pursuant to the State Human Resources Act (G.S. Chapter 126). A factor to be considered when determining whether the employee should be deemed to have voluntarily resigned is the employee's culpability in failing to contact his or her employer.

History Note: Authority G.S. 126-4(7a);
Eff. November 1, 1989;
Recodified from 25 NCAC 01D .0518 Eff. December 29, 2003;
Amended Eff. September 1, 2004;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 28, 2014.