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SC Code § 41-29-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-140. Reciprocal agreements.

 The department may enter an arrangement with the appropriate agency of another state or of the federal government with respect to the combination of wages:  (1) An agreement with the federal government where wages or services, upon the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under an unemployment compensation law of the federal government, are considered wages for employment by an employer for the purpose of Sections 41-35-10 to 41-35-100 if the agency of the federal government agrees to reimburse the fund for the portion of benefits paid under Chapters 27 through 41 of this title on the basis of these wages or services as the department finds will be fair and reasonable and the department will reimburse the agency of the federal government with a reasonable portion of benefits paid under law of the federal government on the basis of employment or wages for employment by employers the department finds will be fair and reasonable to all affected interests.  (2) The department shall participate in an arrangement for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under Chapters 27 through 41 of this title with his wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation law of another state approved by the United States Secretary of Labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in those situations and that includes provisions for:  (a) applying the base period of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more state unemployment compensation laws; and  (b) avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of this combining.  (3) This reimbursement is considered a benefit for the purpose of Section 41-35-50 and Article 1, Chapter 33 of this title. The department may make to another state or federal agency and receive from another state or federal agency reimbursement from or to the fund in accordance with and made pursuant to this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-64; 1952 Code Section 68-64; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1957 (50) 580; 1971 (57) 950; 1973 (58) 248; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 39, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission" throughout this section; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-29-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-150. Records; inspection and copying; confidentiality; violation; penalties.

 An employing unit must keep true and accurate work records containing information the department prescribes. These records must be open to inspection and subject to being copied by the department or its authorized representative at a reasonable time and as often as necessary. The department and the chairman of an appeal tribunal may require from an employing unit a sworn or unsworn report with respect to persons employed by it that he or it considers necessary for the effective administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title. Information obtained in this manner or from an individual pursuant to the administration of these chapters, except to the extent necessary for the proper administration of such chapters, shall be held confidential and may not be published or be open to public inspection, other than to the public employees in the performance of their public duties, in any manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity. However, a claimant or his legal representative at a hearing before an appeal tribunal must be supplied information from these records to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of his claim. An employee or member of the department who violates a provision of this section must be fined not less than twenty dollars or more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not longer than ninety days, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-65; 1952 Code Section 68-65; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 40, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 4, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission" throughout this section; and made other nonsubstantive changes.  The 2011 amendment substituted "five hundred dollars" for "two hundred dollars" in the last sentence.
SC Code § 41-29-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-160. Information generally confidential.

 Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title information obtained from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration of such chapters and determinations as to the benefit rights of any individual shall be held confidential and shall not be disclosed or be open to public inspection in any manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-66; 1952 Code Section 68-66; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369.
SC Code § 41-29-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-180. Reports to be kept to minimum.

 The department shall endeavor, both for the relief of the clerical work of employers and its own office, to confine reporting to the minimum necessary for the proper administration of the law, and, except for necessary separation, low earnings, special reports or notices, or wage and employment reports required pursuant to Section 41-29-140.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-68; 1952 Code Section 68-68; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1972 (57) 2309; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 42, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 6, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made one other nonsubstantive change.  The 2011 amendment deleted ", it shall not require reports as to the earnings of individual employees more frequently than quarterly" from the end.
SC Code § 41-29-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-190. Witnesses, oaths, certifications, and production of books and the like.

 In the discharge of the duties imposed by Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department or a duly authorized representative of it may administer an oath and affirmation, take a deposition, certify to an official act and issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records considered necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-69; 1952 Code Section 68-69; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1966 (54) 2640; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 43, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-29-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-200. Self-incriminating testimony.

 A person must not be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records before the department, an appeal tribunal, or their duly authorized representative or in obedience to the subpoena of them in a cause or proceeding before the department or an appeal tribunal on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. An individual must not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account of a transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that the individual testifying must not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in testifying.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-70; 1952 Code Section 68-70; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1966 (54) 2640; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 44, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-29-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-210. Penalties for contumacy or failure to obey subpoena.

 (1) In case of contumacy by a person or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to a person, a court of this State or judge of this State within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business, upon application by the department or a duly authorized representative may issue to him an order requiring him to appear before the department or a duly authorized representative of the department to produce evidence if ordered to do so or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey an order of the court may be punished as a contempt of the order.  (2) A person who, without just cause, fails or refuses to attend and testify; to answer a lawful inquiry; or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records, if it is in his power to do this in accordance with a subpoena of the department or a duly authorized representative, must be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days. Each failure to obey a subpoena constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-71; 1952 Code Section 68-71; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1966 (54) 2640; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 45, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for three occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes throughout this section.
SC Code § 41-29-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-220. Examination of returns or reports of national banks.

 The department may request the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States to cause an examination of the correctness of a return or report of a national banking association rendered pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, and may in connection with this request transmit this report or return it to the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States as provided in Section 3305(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-72; 1952 Code Section 68-72; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1957 (50) 580; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 46, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-29-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-230. State and federal cooperation.

 (1) In the administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department must cooperate with the United States Secretary of Labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of these chapters, and act, through the promulgation of appropriate rules, regulations, administrative methods and standards, as necessary to secure to this State and its citizens all advantages available under the provisions of the Social Security Act that relate to unemployment compensation, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.  (2) In the administration of the provisions in Article 3 Chapter 35, of this title, which are enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the department must act as necessary to:  (a) ensure that the provisions are interpreted and applied to meet the requirements of the federal act as interpreted by the United States Secretary of Labor; and  (b) secure to this State the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid pursuant to this title that are reimbursable under the federal act.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-73; 1952 Code Section 68-73; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1957 (50) 580; 1971 (57) 950; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 47, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes throughout this section.
SC Code § 41-29-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-240. Cooperation with Railroad Retirement Board and other federal agencies.

 The department may make the state's record relating to the administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title available to the Railroad Retirement Board and may furnish the Railroad Retirement Board, at the board's expense, copies of this record as the Railroad Retirement Board considers necessary for its purposes. The department may afford reasonable cooperation with an agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment insurance law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-74; 1952 Code Section 68-74; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 48, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-29-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-250. Publication of certain material; internet access.

 The department must:  (A) print and make available for public distribution the text of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title and its:  (1) regulations;  (2) annual reports to the Governor and General Assembly; and  (3) other material the department considers relevant and suitable; or  (B) make the information required by subsection (A) available on its Internet website.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-75; 1952 Code Section 68-75; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 49, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 7, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote this section to require the department to make certain materials available in print and on its internet web site.  The 2011 amendment in subsection (A)(3), substituted "or" for "and"; and in subsection (B) substituted "make the information required by subsection (A) available" for "furnish this material to a person on request and make it available".
SC Code § 41-29-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-270. Emergency unemployment compensation system.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department may promulgate regulations necessary for the operation of an emergency unemployment compensation system in the event of an enemy attack or natural disaster, as declared by the President of the United States, that disrupts or endangers the department's usual procedures or facilities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-77; 1957 (50) 580; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 50, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 8, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.  The 2011 amendment substituted "may promulgate" for "must promulgate", and inserted "or natural disaster, as declared by the President of the United States,".
SC Code § 41-29-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-280. Annual reports.

 Not later than the fifteenth day of January annually, the department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report covering the administration and operation of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title during the preceding fiscal year and make recommendations for amendments to these chapters as the department considers proper. These reports must include a balance sheet of the money in the fund in which there must be provided, if possible, a reserve against the liability in future years to pay benefits in excess of the then current contributions, which reserves must be set up by the department in accordance with accepted actuarial principles on the basis of statistics of employment, business activity, and other relevant factors for the longest possible period.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-78; 1952 Code Section 68-78; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 51, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for three occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-29-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-290. Recommendations as to change in contribution or benefit rates.

 When the department believes a change in contribution or benefit rates is necessary to protect the solvency of the fund, it promptly must inform the Governor and the General Assembly of this information and make recommendations regarding it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-79; 1952 Code Section 68-79; 1942 Code Section 7035-91; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 52, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-29-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 29 - Employment And Workforce - Department Of Employment And Workforce|Section 41-29-310. Workforce Investment Act transferred to Department of Employment and Workforce.

 The Workforce Investment Act program created by the Workforce Investment Act of 1988 and transferred to the Department of Commerce by Executive Order 2005-09 is transferred to the Department of Employment and Workforce on the effective date of this section.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 146, Section 2, eff March 30, 2010.
SC Code § 41-31-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund|Section 41-31-5. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Benefit ratio" means:  (a) for the period of January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2013, the number calculated by dividing the sum of all benefits charged to an employer during the forty calendar quarters immediately preceding the calculation date by the sum of the employer's taxable payroll for the same period. If fewer than forty but more than one calendar quarter of data are available, the data from those available calendar quarters shall be used in the calculation. The benefit ratio must be calculated annually using data for quarters filed through June thirtieth of the current year to the sixth decimal place;  (b) from January 1, 2014, the number calculated by dividing the sum of all benefits charged to an employer during the twelve calendar quarters immediately preceding the calculation date by the sum of the employer's taxable payroll for the same period. If fewer than twelve but more than one calendar quarters of data are available, the data from those available calendar quarters shall be used in the calculation. The benefit ratio must be calculated annually using data for quarters filed through June thirtieth of the current year to the sixth decimal place.  (2) "Department" means the Department of Employment and Workforce.  (3) "Statewide average required rate" means the amount of income projected to be needed by the unemployment insurance trust fund for the upcoming calendar year divided by the estimated taxable wages over the same period rounded to the sixth decimal place.  (4) "Statewide average interest surcharge" means the amount of income projected to be needed to pay interest on outstanding federal advances during the upcoming calendar year divided by the estimated taxable wages for the upcoming calendar year.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2011 Act No. 63, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment in subsection (1)(a) substituted "sum" for "average", "sum of the employer's" for "employer's average", and "for" for "during" in the first sentence, substituted "one calendar quarter" for "four calendar quarters" in the second sentence, and substituted "using data for quarters filed through June thirtieth of the current year" for "on July first" in the third sentence; and in subsection (B) in the first sentence substituted "sum" for "average", "sum of the employer's" for "employer's average", and "for" for "during", in the second sentence substituted "one calendar quarters" for "four calendar quarters", and in the third sentence substituted "using data for quarters filed through June thirtieth of the current year" for "on July first".
SC Code § 41-31-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund|Section 41-31-10. General rate of contribution.

 Each employer shall pay contributions equal to the tax rate assigned to rate class twenty except as may be otherwise provided in Chapters 27 through 41 of this title. The department must promulgate regulations regarding the methodology by which the allowed prepayment amounts will be calculated and the manner in which they will be credited to the employer's account.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-171; 1952 Code Section 68-171; 1942 Code Section 7035-87; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1955 (49) 480; 1986 Act No. 362, Section 2, eff April 3, 1986; 1999 Act No. 37, Section 2, eff June 1, 1999; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 9, eff March 30, 2010; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 9, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 1986 amendment changed the rate of contributions from "two and seven-tenths per cent" to "five and four-tenths percent" and made grammatical changes.  The 1999 amendment designated the former section as subsection (A), and added subsection (B).  The first 2010 amendment in subsection (A) added the last two sentences relating to prepayment.  The second 2010 amendment deleted subsection identifier (A) and subsection (B), and omitted the text added by 2010 Act No. 146 to subsection (A).  The 2011 amendment substituted "the tax rate assigned to rate class twenty" for "five and four-tenths percent of wages paid by him during each year".