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SC Code § 41-33-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-710. Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund.

 (A) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund, which consists of all assessments collected pursuant to Section 41-27-410. Money in the Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-33-420 applicable to the Department of Employment and Workforce administration fund.  (B) Money deposited in the Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund is appropriate and made available to the department. Money in the fund must be expended to:  (1) assist with the reemployment of unemployed workers using the most efficient and effective means of service delivery;  (2) undertake a program or activity that furthers the goal of the department as provided in Chapter 42 of this title;  (3) supplement basic employment security services with special job search and claimant placement assistance designed to assist unemployment insurance claimants to obtain employment;  (4) provide employment services, like recruitment, screening, and referral of qualified workers to agricultural areas where those services have in the past contributed to positive economic conditions for the agricultural industry; and  (5) provide otherwise unobtainable information and analysis to the legislature and program managers about issues related to employment and unemployment.  (C) A balance in the fund does not lapse, but is continuously available to the department for expenditure consistent with Chapter 42 of this title. The department must issue its requisition approved by its director or his designated officer or agent for the purposes set forth in this section to the Comptroller General who shall draw his warrant in the usual form provided by law on the State Treasurer, who shall pay it by check on the fund.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 362, Section 14, eff April 3, 1986; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 72, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 12, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission" throughout this section; redesignated subsections (a) and (b) as (A) and (B), respectively; designated the last paragraph of the section as subsection (C), and substituted "its director" for "the chairman" following "issue its requisition approved by" therein; and made other nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.  The 2011 amendment four times substituted "Department of Employment and Workforce" for "Employment Security".
SC Code § 41-33-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-810. Department of Employment and Workforce interest assessment fund.

 (A) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Employment and Workforce interest assessment fund.  (B) The fund shall consist of all assessments collected pursuant to Section 41-31-55(A).  (C) All money in the interest assessment fund must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for other special funds in the State Treasury, except that money in this fund shall not be commingled with other state funds, but shall be maintained in a separate account on the books of a depository bank. They shall be secured by such bank or banks by such securities or surety bond as required by law of depositories of state funds.  (D) All monies which are deposited or paid into the fund are appropriated and made available to the department. All monies in this fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of interest on advances from the federal Unemployment Trust Fund as provided in the Social Security Act, Section 1202(b)(3)(A).  (E) Any balances in the fund shall not lapse at any time but shall be continuously available to the department for expenditure consistent with Chapters 27 through 41 of this title. The department shall issue its requisition approved by the executive director or any designated individual, officer, or agent for payment of such costs of interest to the Comptroller General who shall draw his warrant in the usual form provided by law on the State Treasurer, who shall pay it by check on the interest assessment fund.  HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 3, Section 12, eff March 14, 2011.
SC Code § 41-33-910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-910. Department of Employment and Workforce integrity fund.

 (A) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Employment and Workforce integrity fund.  (B) The fund shall consist of monetary penalties collected pursuant to Section 41-41-45(C)(3) for the purpose of promoting unemployment compensation integrity. The Department of Employment and Workforce integrity fund shall be used for the purpose of preserving the integrity of the unemployment compensation fund. These efforts may include, but are not limited to, identifying overpayments, verifying eligibility, determining status, and updating technology and educational tools to support integrity activities.  (C) All money collected in the integrity fund must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for other special funds in the State Treasury, except that money in this fund must not be commingled with other state funds, but must be maintained in a separate account on the books of a depository bank. These funds must be secured by the bank by securities or surety bonds as required by law of depositories of state funds.  (D) All money that is deposited or paid into the fund is appropriated and made available to the department. All money in this fund must be expended solely for the purpose of promoting unemployment insurance integrity efforts by the department as provided in Section 41-41-45.  (E) All balances in this fund must not lapse at any time but must be continuously available to the department by expenditure consistent with Chapters 27 through 41 of this title. The department shall issue its requisition, which must be approved by the executive director or any designated officer, agent, or other individual for payment of the costs of interest to the Comptroller General who shall draw his warrant in the usual form provided by law on the State Treasurer, who shall pay it by check on the integrity fund.  HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 53, Section 4.A, eff October 1, 2013.
SC Code § 41-35-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-10. Payment of benefits generally.

 Benefits shall become payable from the fund to any individual who is unemployed and eligible for benefits. Except as provided in Section 41-35-20 benefits based on service in employment defined in Section 41-27-230 (2) and (3) shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other service subject to Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices, in accordance with such regulations as the department may prescribe.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-101; 1952 Code Section 68-101; 1942 Code Section 7035-83; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1971 (57) 950.
SC Code § 41-35-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-30. Payment of benefits in case of death.

 (A) When a benefit due an individual has been unpaid at the time of death and the estate of the individual has not been administered in the probate court within sixty days after the time of death, the department may pay benefit amounts the deceased may have been entitled to:  (1) the surviving wife or husband and, if there is none;  (2) the minor children and, if there are none;  (3) the adult children and, if there are none;  (4) the parents of the deceased and, if there are none;  (5) a person dependent on the deceased.  (B) If there is no person within those classifications, the payments due the deceased must lapse and revert to the unemployment trust fund.  (C) Payment to a responsible adult with whom minor children are making their home, upon a written pledge to use the payment for the benefit of these minors, is considered proper and legal payment to the minor children without the requirement of formal appointment of a guardian.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-103; 1952 Code Section 68-103; 1942 Code Section 7035-83; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 73, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; added subsection designations (A), (B), and (C) to previously undesignated paragraphs; and made other nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.
SC Code § 41-35-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-40. Weekly benefit amount.

 An insured worker's weekly benefit amount is fifty percent of his weekly average wage, as defined in Section 41-27-140, and the weekly benefit amount, if not a multiple of one dollar, must be computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar. However, no insured worker's weekly benefit amount may be less than forty-two dollars nor greater than sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the statewide average weekly wage most recently computed before the beginning of the individual's benefit year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-104; 1952 Code Section 68-104; 1942 Code Section 7035-83; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1945 (44) 375; 1948 (45) 1762; 1955 (49) 480; 1961 (52) 453; 1973 (58) 412; 1983 Act No. 62 Section 5; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 4, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "forty-two dollars" for "twenty dollars" in the second sentence.
SC Code § 41-35-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-50. Maximum potential benefits for year.

 The maximum potential benefits of any insured worker in a benefit year are the lesser of:  (1) twenty times his weekly benefit amount;  (2) one-third of his wages for insured work paid during his base period.  If the resulting amount is not a multiple of one dollar, the amount must be reduced to the next lower multiple of one dollar, except that no insured worker may receive benefits in a benefit year unless, subsequent to the beginning of the next preceding benefit year during which he received benefits, he performed "insured work" as defined in Section 41-27-300 and earned wages in the employ of a single employer in an amount equal to not less than eight times the weekly benefit amount established for the individual in the preceding benefit year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-105; 1952 Code Section 68-108; 1942 Code Section 7035-83; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1952 (47) 1936; 1955 (49) 480; 1969 (56) 268; 1971 (57) 950; 1972 (57) 2309; 1983 Act No. 62 Section 6; 2011 Act No. 63, Section 17, eff June 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment in subsection (1) substituted "twenty" for "Twenty-six", and in subsection (2) substituted "one-third" for "One-third".
SC Code § 41-35-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-60. Weekly benefits for partial unemployment.

 Each eligible individual who is unemployed in any week must be paid with respect to such week a benefit in an amount equal to his weekly benefit amount less that part of the wages (if any) payable to him with respect to such week which is in excess of one-fourth of his weekly benefit amount. Such benefit is not a multiple of one dollar must be computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-107; 1952 Code Section 68-107; 1942 Code Section 7035-83; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1955 (49) 480; 1983 Act No. 62 Section 7.
SC Code § 41-35-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-65. Wages paid for previously uncovered services.

 With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 1978, wages for insured work shall include wages paid for previously uncovered services. For the purposes of this paragraph "previously uncovered services" means services which were not employment as defined in Section 41-27-230, and were not services covered pursuant to Section 41-37-20 at any time during the one-year period ending December 31, 1975; and which are:  (1) Agricultural labor as defined in Section 41-27-120, or domestic service as defined in Section 41-27-230(6); or  (2) Services performed by an employee of this State or a political subdivision thereof, as provided in Section 41-27-230(2); or  (3) Services performed by an employee of a nonprofit educational institution which is not an institution of higher education, as provided in Section 41-27-230(3); except to the extent that assistance under Title II of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 was paid on the basis of such services.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-108; 1977 Act No. 161 Section 10.
SC Code § 41-35-66 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-66. Benefits for participants in sports or athletic events.

 Benefits shall not be paid to any individual on the basis of any services substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, for any week which commences during the period between two successive sport seasons (or similar periods) if such individual performed such services in the first of such seasons (or similar periods) and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the later of such season (or similar periods).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-108.1; 1977 Act No. 161 Section 11.
SC Code § 41-35-67 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-67. Benefits to aliens.

 (1) Benefits shall not be paid on the basis of services performed by an alien unless such alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time such services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing such services or was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time such services were performed (including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of application of the provisions of Section 203(a)(7) or Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).  (2) Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits.  (3) In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to such individual are not payable because of his alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-108.2; 1977 Act No. 161 Section 12.
SC Code § 41-35-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-100. Preservation of benefit rights of persons in armed forces.

 The department must promulgate regulations necessary to preserve the benefit rights of individuals who volunteer, enlist, or are called or drafted into a branch of the military, naval service, or an organization affiliated with the defense of the United States or this State. These regulations, with respect to these individuals, must supersede an inconsistent provision of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, but where practicable must secure results reasonably similar to those provided in the analogous provisions of these chapters.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-112; 1952 Code Section 68-112; 1942 Code Section 7035-83; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1955 (49) 480; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 74, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-35-115 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-115. Service as witness or juror not to constitute disqualification for benefits.

 Notwithstanding another provision of law, an individual otherwise eligible for a benefit may not be denied a benefit with respect to a week in which he is required by law to appear in court as a witness or juror. However, an unemployment benefit received by a person pursuant to Chapters 27 through 41 of this title must be reduced by any per diem received for service as a juror. The department must promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 21, Section 1, eff January 1, 1993; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 76, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-35-126 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-126. Military relocation benefits.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 41-35-120, an individual is eligible for waiting week credit and for unemployment compensation if the department finds that the individual has left work voluntarily to relocate because of the transfer of a spouse who has been reassigned from one military assignment to another, provided that the separation from employment occurs within fifteen days of the scheduled relocation date.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 67, Section 1, eff June 7, 2007; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 79, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission".
SC Code § 41-35-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-310. "Extended benefit period" defined.

 "Extended benefit period" means a period which  (1) Begins with the third week after a week for which there is a state "on" indicator; and  (2) Ends with either of the following weeks, whichever occurs later:  (a) The third week after the first week for which there is a state "off" indicator.  (b) The thirteenth consecutive week of such period. No extended benefit period may begin by reason of a state "on" indicator before the fourteenth week following the end of a prior extended benefit period which was in effect with respect to this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-125; 1971 (57) 950; 1983 Act No. 62 Section 10.  Editor's Note  2021 Joint Resolution 67 (S.468), Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. In a determination of whether the State is in an extended benefit period beginning on November 1, 2020, through December 31, 2021, the provisions of Section 41-35-310(2)(b), relating to the stipulation that no extended benefit period may begin before the fourteenth week following the end of a prior extended benefit period, shall not apply."
SC Code § 41-35-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 35 - Employment And Workforce - Benefits And Claims|Section 41-35-320. Payment of extended unemployment security benefits when federally funded.

 (1) For a week in which one hundred percent federal sharing funding is available, there is an "on" indicator for a week:  (a) beginning after March 7, 2009; and  (b) ending four weeks before the last week of unemployment for which one hundred percent federal sharing is available under Section 2005(a) of Public Law No. 111-5, or an amendment of this provision, without regard to the extension of federal sharing for certain claims as provided under Section 2005(c) of this law.  (2) There is a state "on" indicator for this State for a week in which the United States Secretary of Labor determines that for the period consisting of the most recent three months, the rate of total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, equaled or exceeded six and a half percent, and the average rate of total unemployment for the State, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor for this period equals or exceeds one hundred ten percent of the average unemployment for the State in one or more of the corresponding three-month periods ending in the two preceding calendar years.  (3)(a) Effective with respect to weeks beginning in a "high unemployment period", Section 41-35-440 must be applied by substituting:  (i) "eighty percent" for "fifty percent" in item (1)(a) of that section; and  (ii) "twenty;" for "thirteen" in item (1)(b) of that section.  (b) For the purpose of this section, a "high unemployment period" exists during a period in which an extended benefit period would be in effect by substituting "eight percent" for "six and a half percent" in subsection (2).  (4) There is a state "off" indicator for the purpose of this section when a condition of subsection (2) is not satisfied.  (5) Notwithstanding a provision of Section 41-35-380, an individual's "eligibility period" must include an eligibility period provided in Section 2005(b) of Public Law 111-5 and an amendment of this provision.  (6) The department shall implement procedures to allow retroactive claims, but these procedures must conform to conditions of federal funding.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 123, Section 1, eff October 29, 2009; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 13, eff March 14, 2011; 2021 Act No. 47 (S.421), Section 1, eff May 17, 2021.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment, in subsection (2) substituted "in one or more" for "for either or both" and "three preceding calendar years" for "two preceding calendar years"; and in subsection (6) substituted "department" for "commission".  2021 Act No. 47, Section 1, in (2), substituted "two preceding calendar years" for "three preceding calendar years".