Article 31D.
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Article 31D.
State Employee Federal Remedy Restoration Act.
§ 143-300.35. State Employee Federal Remedy Restoration Act.
(a)The sovereign immunity of the State is waived for the limited purpose of allowing State employees, except for those in exempt policy-making positions designated pursuant to G.S. 126-5(d), to maintain lawsuits in State and federal courts and obtain and satisfy judgments against the State or any of its departments, institutions, or agencies under:
(1)The Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq.
(2)The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq.
(3)The Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq.
(4)The Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.
(b)The amount of monetary relief a State employee receives under subsection
(a)of this section shall not exceed the amounts authorized under G.S. 143-299.2 or the amounts authorized under the applicable federal law under this section, whichever is less. (2001-467, s. 1.)