North Carolina S659 raises salaries for teachers, state employees, and community college employees, provides cost-of-living increases for retirees.

North Carolina S659 raises salaries for teachers, state employees, community college employees, and University of North Carolina employees. It provides cost-of-living increases for retirees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, and the Legislative Retirement System. The bill expands the WAGE$ program to all 100 counties in North Carolina and creates a tax credit for qualifying employers. The tax credit is equal to the lesser of five percent of wages paid to employees during the taxable year or ten thousand dollars.

North Carolina S659 raises salaries for teachers, state employees, and community college employees, provides cost-of-living increases for retirees.

North Carolina S659 raises salaries for teachers, state employees, community college employees, and University of North Carolina employees. It provides cost-of-living increases for retirees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, and the Legislative Retirement System. The bill expands the WAGE$ program to all 100 counties in North Carolina and creates a tax credit for qualifying employers. The tax credit is equal to the lesser of five percent of wages paid to employees during the taxable year or ten thousand dollars.