GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 599

HOUSE BILL 1108

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 97-28 TO PERMIT USE OF LEAVE DURING THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF DISABILITY UNDER THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-28 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 97-28. Seven-day waiting period; exceptions. - No compensation, as defined in G.S. 97-2(11), shall be allowed for the first seven calendar days of disability resulting from an injury, except the benefits provided for in G.S. 97-25. Provided however, that in the case the injury results in disability of more than 28 days, the compensation shall be allowed from the date of the disability. Nothing in this section shall prevent an employer from allowing an employee to use paid sick leave, vacation or annual leave, or disability benefits provided directly by the employer during the first seven calendar days of disability."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1983.