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Disclosing discipline records would identify 'dead wood' government workers, backer says Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Jun. 9—RALEIGH — A bill to make reasons for discipline of teachers, state employees and other government workers public record was revived in a committee of the North Carolina state legislature this week and could soon be headed to the floor of the Senate for a vote. "This bill was never intended to do but one thing, and that is to make North Carolina a more transparent state as far as its employees are concerned," bill spon...

New state hires will miss out on retiree health coverage Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, December 30, 2020 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina state employees and public school teachers won’t qualify to receive state medical coverage when they retire if they are hired in 2021 and beyond. The alteration was inserted in the 2017 state budget law. Legislative Republicans who backed the change said it was needed to rein in future anticipated health care costs for covered employe...

New state employees, teachers in NC won't get retiree health benefits if they start jobs in 2021 Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Dec. 29—RALEIGH — New North Carolina state employees and teachers who start their jobs Jan. 1 or after won't get health benefits when they retire decades later. Popular Searches Why is this happening now? The change was part of the 2017 state budget. State lawmakers decided to drop the coverage, with Republican senators saying it would control costs. Who's in charge of the state health plan? The state treasurer's off...