Paid Sick Leave Policy
(with Acknowledgment) (NC)

Summary

This template is a paid sick leave policy that governs employees' entitlement to sick leave in North Carolina. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate clauses. This template is intended for private employers and may be included in an employee handbook or distributed as a standalone policy. For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. This template's language complies with North Carolina and federal law. It does not differ from the non-jurisdictional Paid Sick Leave Policy, except that it contains practical guidance, drafting notes and other content that addresses issues under both North Carolina and federal law. For more information on North Carolina laws concerning paid sick leave, see Leave Law (NC). For information on other state laws concerning sick leave, see the "Family, Medical, Sick, Pregnancy, and Military Leave" column of Attendance, Leaves, and Disabilities State Practice Notes Chart. For information on drafting paid sick leave policies, see Sick Leave Policies: Key Drafting Tips, Paid Sick Leave Policies Checklist (Best Drafting Practices for Employers), Paid Time Off (PTO) Policies: Key Drafting Tips, and Attendance, Time-Off, and Leave of Absence Policies: Best Drafting and Administration Practices. For another model sick leave policy, see Sick Leave Policy. For a paid leave policy that is not limited to sick days, see Paid Time Off (PTO) and Sick Days Policy.