North Carolina § 95-25 - 1. Short title and legislative purpose.

§ 95-25. 1. Short title and legislative purpose.

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Wage and Hour Act." The public policy of this State is declared as follows: The wage levels of employees, hours of labor, payment of earned wages, and the well-being of minors are subjects of concern requiring legislation to promote the general welfare of the people of the State without jeopardizing the competitive position of North Carolina business and industry. The General Assembly declares that the general welfare of the State requires the enactment of this law under the police power of the State. Repealed by Session Laws 2017-4, s. 1, effective March 30, 2017. History (1937, c. 409, s. 2; 1979, c. 839, s. 1; 2016-3, 2nd Ex. Sess., s. 2.1; 2017-4, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - This Article is Article 2, G.S. 95-15 to 95-25 of this Chapter, as rewritten by Session Laws 1979, c. 839, s. 1, and recodified. The 1979 act also repealed Article 11, G.S. 95-85 to 95-96, and Article 17, G.S. 95-161 to 95-172, of this Chapter, and Article 1, G.S. 110-1 to 110-20 of Chapter 110 , and incorporated the subject matter of those articles in Article 2A of this Chapter as rewritten. Where appropriate, the historical citations to sections from the rewritten and repealed articles have been added to corresponding sections in the Article as recodified. Session Laws 2017-4, s. 1, effective March 30, 2017, provides: "S.L. 2016-3 and S.L. 2016-99 are repealed." Session Laws 2016-3, 2nd Ex. Sess., s. 2.1, effective March 23, 2016, and applicable to any action taken on or after that date, to any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy adopted or amended on or after that date, and to any contract entered into on or after that date, had amended the section catchline and added subsection (c). Session Laws 2017-4, s. 3, provides: "No local government in this State may enact or amend an ordinance regulating private employment practices or regulating public accommodations." Section 3 of this act expires on December 1, 2020. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2016-3, 2nd Ex. Sess., s. 2.1, effective March 23, 2016, added "; local governments preempted" to the section catchline; and added subsection (c). Legal Periodicals. - For note on workers' compensation and retaliatory discharge, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 629 (1980). For article, "Labor, Exclusion, and Flourishing in Property Law," see 95 N.C.L. Rev. 415 (2017).