North Carolina § 115D-28 - Certain records open to inspection.

§ 115D-28. Certain records open to inspection.

Each board of trustees shall maintain a record of each of its employees, showing the following information with respect to each employee: Name. Age. Date of original employment or appointment. The terms of any contract by which the employee is employed whether written or oral, past and current, to the extent that the board has the written contract or a record of the oral contract in its possession. Current position. Title. Current salary. Date and amount of each increase or decrease in salary with that community college. Date and type of each promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, or other change in position classification with that community college. Date and general description of the reasons for each promotion with that community college. Date and type of each dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary reasons taken by the community college. If the disciplinary action was a dismissal, a copy of the written notice of the final decision of the board of trustees setting forth the specific acts or omissions that are the basis of the dismissal. The office or station to which the employee is currently assigned. For the purposes of this section, the term "salary" includes pay, benefits, incentives, bonuses, and deferred and all other forms of compensation paid by the employing entity. Subject only to rules and regulations for the safekeeping of records adopted by the board of trustees, every person having custody of the records shall permit them to be inspected and examined and copies made by any person during regular business hours. Any person who is denied access to any record for the purpose of inspecting, examining or copying the record shall have a right to compel compliance with the provisions of this section by application to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus or other appropriate relief. History (1991, c. 84, s. 3; 2007-508, s. 2; 2010-169, s. 18(c).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-508, s. 2, effective August 30, 2007, inserted "the terms of any contract by which the employee is employed whether written or oral, past and current, to the extent that the board has the written contract or a record of the oral contract in its possession" in the first sentence and added the second sentence. Session Laws 2010-169, s. 18(c), effective October 1, 2010, subdivided the first paragraph, adding the subsection and subdivision designations and making multiple stylistic changes; in subdivision (a)(8), substituted "each increase or decrease in salary with that community college" for "most recent increase or decrease in salary"; in subdivision (a)(9), substituted "Date and type of each promotion" for "date of most recent promotion," and added "with that community college"; added subdivisions (a)(10) and (a)(11); and added the subsection (b) and (c) designations. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Fired by Liars: Due Process Implications in the Recent Changes to North Carolina's Public Disclosure Laws," 89 N.C.L. Rev. 2228 (2011).