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SC Code § 41-27-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-20. Declaration of state public policy.

 Without intending that this section shall supersede, alter or modify the specific provisions contained in Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, but as a guide to the interpretation and application of Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, the public policy of this State is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to health, morals and welfare of the people of this State; involuntary unemployment is therefore a subject of general interest and concern which requires appropriate action by the General Assembly to prevent its spread and to lighten its burden which so often falls with crushing force upon the unemployed worker and his family; the achievement of social security requires protection against this greatest hazard of our economic life; this can be provided by encouraging the employers to provide more stable employment and by the systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment to provide benefits for periods of unemployment, thus maintaining purchasing power and limiting the serious social consequences of poor relief assistance. The General Assembly therefore declares that in its considered judgment the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of this State require the enactment of this measure, under the police powers of the State, for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-38; 1952 Code Section 68-36; 1942 Code Section 7035-82; 1936 (39) 1716; 1941 (42) 369.
SC Code § 41-27-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-30. Construction.

 Nothing in Chapters 27 through 41 of this title must be construed to cause the department or the courts of this State in interpreting these chapters to be bound by interpretations as to liability or nonliability of employers by Federal administrative agencies, nor is it the intent of the General Assembly to require an identical coverage of employers under these chapters with coverage requirements pursuant to Section 3101 et seq. of the Federal Internal Revenue Code.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-39; 1952 Code Section 68-37; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1957 (50) 580; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 12, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission" following "construed to cause the"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-40. Amendments.

 The General Assembly reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title at any time and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against any such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, and immunities conferred by such chapters or acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the General Assembly to amend or repeal such chapters at any time.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-40; 1952 Code Section 68-38; 1942 Code Section 7035-103; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487.
SC Code § 41-27-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-110. Generally.

 As used in Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms defined in the following sections shall have the meanings therein ascribed to them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-2; 1952 Code Section 68-2; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369.
SC Code § 41-27-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-120. Agricultural labor.

 The term "agricultural labor" includes all service performed:  (1) On a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training and management of livestock, bees, poultry, pigeons and fur-bearing animals and wildlife;  (2) In the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm, in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a hurricane, if a major part of such service is performed on a farm;  (3) In connection with the production or harvesting of any commodity defined as an agricultural commodity in Section 15(g) of the Federal Agricultural Marketing Act, as amended, or in connection with the ginning of cotton, or cleaning of seed, or in connection with the operation or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs, or waterways used exclusively for supplying and storing water for farming purposes;  (4) In the employ of the operator of a farm in handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, storing, or delivery to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market in its unmanufactured state, any agricultural or horticultural commodity; but only if such operator produced more than one half of the commodity with respect to which such service is performed;  (5) In the employ of a group of operators of farms (or a cooperative organization of which such operators are members) in the performance of service described in paragraph (1) of this section, but only if such operators produced more than one half of the commodity with respect to which such service is performed;  (6) The provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to services performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption; or  (7) On a farm operated for profit if such service is not in the course of the employer's trade or business or is domestic service in the private home of the employer.  (8) As used in this section the term "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, pigeons, fruit, fur-bearing animals and truck farms, plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities and orchards.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-3; 1952 Code Section 68-3; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1971 (57) 950; 1972 (57) 2309; 1979 Act No. 100 Section 1.
SC Code § 41-27-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-130. Annual payroll.

 "Annual payroll" means the total amount of wages subject to the contribution provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title which are paid by an employer during a period of twelve consecutive months.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-4; 1952 Code Section 68-4; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1955 (49) 480.
SC Code § 41-27-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-140. Average weekly wage.

 The average weekly wage of an insured worker shall be determined by dividing his total wages paid for insured work in that quarter of his base period in which such wages were highest by thirteen.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-5; 1961 (52) 453.
SC Code § 41-27-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-150. Base period.

 (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), "base period" means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year. However, in the case of a combined wage claim filed by an individual in accord with an arrangement entered into by the department pursuant to the provisions of Section 41-29-140(2), the base period is that applicable provided by the law of the paying state.  (B)(1) "Alternate base period" means for benefit years effective after May 31, 2010, if an individual does not have sufficient wages in the base period defined in subsection (A) to qualify for benefits, his base period must be the four calendar quarters completed most recently before the individual's benefit year if this period qualifies him for benefits, provided these quarters were not previously used to establish a prior valid benefit year.  (2) If the wage information for an individual's most recently completed calendar quarter is not available to the department from regular quarterly reports of systematically accessible wage information, the department promptly must contact the individual's employer to establish such wage information. The director shall establish rules necessary to implement this subsection.  (C) Wages that fall within the base period, if claims established under this section, must not be available for use in qualifying for a subsequent benefit year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-6; 1952 Code Section 68-6; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1973 (58) 248; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 13, eff March 30, 2010; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 8, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The first 2010 amendment, 2010 Act No. 146, Section 13, substituted "department" for "commission" following "an arrangement entered into by the"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.  The second 2010 amendment, 2010 Act No. 234, Section 8, rewrote the section.
SC Code § 41-27-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-160. Benefit year.

 "Benefit year" means the one-year period beginning with the day as of which an insured worker first files a request for determination of his insured status, and afterward the one-year period beginning with the day by which he next files this request after the end of his last preceding "benefit year"; provided, that in the case of a combined wage claim filed by an individual in accord with an arrangement entered into by the department pursuant to the provisions of Section 41-29-140(2), the benefit year is that applicable provided by the law of the paying state. The filing of a notice of unemployment is considered a request for determination of insured status if a current benefit year has not previously been established. A request for determination of insured status must be made pursuant to regulations as the department prescribes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-7; 1952 Code Section 68-7; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1952 (47) 1977; 1954 (48) 1704; 1955 (49) 480; 1973 (58) 248; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 14, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-170. Benefits.

 "Benefits" means the money payments payable to an individual as provided in Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title with respect to his unemployment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-8; 1952 Code Section 68-8; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369.
SC Code § 41-27-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-180. Claimant.

 "Claimant" means an individual who has filed a request for a determination of insured status, a request for initiation of a claim series in a benefit year, a notice of unemployment, a certification for waiting-week credit, or a claim for benefits.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-9; 1955 (49) 480.
SC Code § 41-27-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-190. Department.

 "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-10; 1952 Code Section 68-9; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1946 (44) 1474; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 15, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote this section to substitute "Department of Employment and Workforce" for "Employment Security Commission".
SC Code § 41-27-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-200. Contributions.

 "Contributions" means the money payment required by Chapter 31, Article 1 to be made into the State unemployment compensation fund by an employer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-11; 1952 Code Section 68-10; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1973 (58) 248.
SC Code § 41-27-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-220. Employing unit.

 "Employing unit" means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof or the legal representative of a deceased person, this State or any of its instrumentalities and subdivisions which has, or subsequent to January 1, 1935 has had, in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this State.  For the purpose of Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, the following rule for the continuation of partnership shall apply:  (1) General rule. - An existing partnership shall be considered as continuing if it is not terminated.  (2) Termination. - (a) General Rule. - For purposes of item (1), a partnership shall be considered as terminated only if  (i) No part of any business, financial operation or venture of the partnership continues to be carried on by any of its partners in a partnership, or  (ii) Within a twelve-month period there is a sale or exchange of fifty percent or more of the total interest in partnership capital and profits.  (b) Special Rules.  (i) Merger or consolidation. - In the case of the merger or consolidation of two or more partnerships, the resulting partnership shall, for purposes of this section, be considered the continuation of any merging or consolidating partnership whose members own an interest of more than fifty percent in the capital and profits of the resulting partnership.  (ii) Division of a partnership. - In the case of a division of a partnership into two or more partnerships, the resulting partnerships, other than any resulting partnership the members of which had an interest of fifty percent or less in the capital and profits of the prior partnership, shall, for purposes of this section, be considered a continuation of the prior partnership.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-13; 1952 Code Section 68-12; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1955 (49) 480; 1966 (54) 2640; 1973 (58) 248.
SC Code § 41-27-235 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-235. Employment by Native American tribes; benefits; contributions.

 (A) The term "employment" means service performed in the employ of a Native American tribe, as defined in Section 3306(u) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), if the service is excluded from "employment" as defined in FUTA solely by reason of Section 3306(C)(7), FUTA, and is not otherwise excluded from "employment" under this title.  (B) Benefits based on service in employment defined in this section are payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service subject under this title.  (C)(1) Native American tribes or tribal units including subdivisions, subsidiaries, or business enterprises wholly owned by such tribes subject to this title shall pay contributions under the same terms and conditions as all other subject employers, unless they elect to pay into the state unemployment trust fund amounts equal to the amount of benefits attributable to service in the employ of the Native American tribe or tribal unit including all extended benefits paid for any reason.  (2) A Native American tribe or tribal unit that elects to pay a benefit attributable to service in their employ but fails to reimburse the required payment, including an interest and penalty assessment, within ninety days of the receipt of a bill, causes the Native American tribe to lose the option to make a payment in lieu of a contribution for the following tax year unless payment in full is received before the contribution rates for the next year are computed. The department shall notify the United States Internal Revenue Service and the United States Department of Labor of a tribe or tribal unit's failure to make a required payment within ninety days of a final notice of delinquency.  (3) A Native American tribe that loses the option to make payments in lieu of contributions shall have that option reinstated if, after a period of one year, all contributions have been paid on a timely basis and no contributions, payments in lieu of contributions, penalties, or interest remain outstanding.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 306, Section 1, eff June 5, 2002; 2004 Act No. 170, Section 1, eff February 18, 2004; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 18, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2004 amendment in subsections (C)(2) and (3) deleted "or tribal unit" following "Native American tribe".  The 2010 amendment in subparagraph (C)(2) substituted "department" for "commission" preceding "shall notify the United States Internal Revenue Service"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-240. Employment office.

 "Employment office" means a free public employment office operated by this State or other office maintained for the purpose of serving applicants or claimants or maintained as a part of a state-controlled system of public employment offices.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-15; 1952 Code Section 68-14; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1971 (57) 950.
SC Code § 41-27-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-250. Employment security administration fund.

 "Employment security administration fund" means the employment security administration fund established by Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, from which administrative expenses under such chapters shall be paid.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-16; 1952 Code Section 68-18; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1957 (50) 580.
SC Code § 41-27-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-270. Fund.

 "Fund" means the unemployment compensation fund established by Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, to which all contributions required and from which all benefits provided under such chapters shall be paid.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-17; 1952 Code Section 68-15; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369.
SC Code § 41-27-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-280. Hospital.

 "Hospital" means an institution which has been licensed or approved by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control as a hospital.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-17.1; 1971 (57) 950.
SC Code § 41-27-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-290. Institution of higher education.

 "Institution of higher education," for the purpose of this section, means an educational institution which:  (1) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;  (2) Is legally authorized in this State to provide a program of education beyond high school;  (3) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, or provides a program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, a program of postgraduate or postdoctoral studies, or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and  (4) Is a public or other nonprofit institution.  (5) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, all colleges and universities in this State are institutions of higher education for purposes of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-17.2; 1971 (57) 950.
SC Code § 41-27-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-300. Insured work.

 "Insured work" means employment for employers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-18; 1955 (49) 480.
SC Code § 41-27-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-310. Insured worker.

 An "insured worker" is an individual who has been paid wages in his base period for insured work equal to or exceeding one and one-half times the total of his wages paid in the quarter of such base period in which his wages for insured work were highest; provided, however, that no individual shall qualify as an insured worker unless he has been paid at least four thousand four hundred fifty-five dollars in his base period for insured work and one thousand ninety-two dollars in that quarter of his base period in which such wages were highest.  This section must not be applied to individuals who were found qualified to receive unemployment benefits prior to enactment of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-19; 1955 (49) 480; 1961 (52) 453; 1982 Act No. 340, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 2, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment in the first paragraph substituted "four thousand four hundred fifty-five dollars" for "nine hundred dollars" and "one thousand ninety-two dollars" for "five hundred forty dollars", and added the second paragraph relating to application of the section.
SC Code § 41-27-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-320. Payments in lieu of contributions.

 "Payments in lieu of contributions" means the money payments to the unemployment compensation fund required by the provisions of Section 41-31-630.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-19.01; 1973 (58) 248.