By adopting Medicaid expansion, North Carolina can vastly reduce the uninsured population, thereby putting more money into the pockets of North Carolina households and improving health outcomes in our communities.
In North Carolina, fair housing laws are found at the federal, state, and, in some jurisdictions, local level. Which law(s) apply in a particular situation generally depends on where the alleged housing discrimination occurred. A brief summary of the fair housing laws in North Carolina, as well as the complaint process, is provided below.
North Carolina continues to struggle to create jobs and grow the economy in a way that will improve the lives of working families in …
June 2014 County Links North Carolina’s recovery from the Great Recession has been marked by slow job growth and persistent challenges for working …
This report aims to break down the different pieces of our work—how each of our projects makes a difference across our five-strategy system and how they come together to create a unique nonprofit that is still evolving in these changing times.
This qualitative inquiry into wage theft is designed as a first look at the impacts of wage theft on North Carolina workers, the conditions that make workers vulnerable to the severe consequences of wage theft, and the options—or lack of options—available to workers for redress.
With high unemployment and a severe jobs shortfall increasingly threatening the economic security of North Carolina’s working families, it is imperative that state leaders develop policies that not only create jobs but also sustain employment. Workplace policies that promote family economic security, such as paid sick days and family leave insurance, allow workers to keep much-needed wages and provide job protection when inevitable life events arise.
Wage theft occurs when an employer underpays or fails to pay wages to workers who have earned those wages. Wage theft can take any of a number of forms. For example, employers may fail to pay minimum wage or overtime, take employees’ tips, make illegal paycheck deductions, misclassify employees as independent contractors, or simply not pay promised wages.
North Carolina’s subsidized child care program effectively meets two urgent needs—fostering the healthy development of children and ensuring that low-income working parents have the supports they need to maintain and pursue employment and education.
Direct care workers such as home health aides and unpaid caregivers, usually family members, are the foundation of the long-term services and supports system. Unfortunately, caregiving – both paid and unpaid – has long been undervalued.
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