SECTION .0700 ‑ MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

24 NCAC 03 .0701             SETTLEMENT

(a)  Settlement is encouraged at any stage of the proceedings.

(b)  A settlement agreement, submitted for approval, should state the terms of the settlement, specify any matter which remains to be decided, and state whether there has been any employee objection to the reasonableness of any abatement time.

(c)  A settlement agreement, submitted for approval, shall be posted and served in accordance with Rules .0107(e) and .0107(f) of this Chapter, and may not be approved prior to the expiration of time limits set forth in Rule .0107(h)(1) of this Chapter.  Upon timely receipt of any employee objection to the reasonableness of any abatement date, the matter shall be scheduled for hearing before a hearing examiner.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 95‑135;

Temporary Rule Eff. October 2, 1991 For a Period of 180 Days to Expire on March 30, 1992;

Eff. February 3, 1992;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 16, 2014.