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SC Code § 41-27-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-330. Secretary of Labor.

 "Secretary of Labor" means the United States Secretary of Labor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-19.1; 1971 (57) 950.
SC Code § 41-27-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-340. Educational institution.

 "Educational institution" means any educational institution except an institution of higher education as defined in Section 41-27-290 of this Title:  (1) In which participants, trainees or students are offered an organized course of study or training designed to transfer to them knowledge, skills, information, doctrines, attitudes or abilities from, by or under the guidance of instructors or teachers;  (2) Which is legally authorized in this State to provide a program of education; and  (3) Which offers a course of study or training which may be academic, technical trade, or preparation for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-19.2; 1972 (57) 2309; 1977 Act No. 161 Section 3.
SC Code § 41-27-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-350. State.

 "State" includes, in addition to the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and effective one day after the date on which the United States Secretary of Labor approves its unemployment compensation law under Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the term shall include the Virgin Islands.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-20; 1952 Code Section 68-16; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1961 (52) 166; 1977 Act No. 161 Section 4.
SC Code § 41-27-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-360. Statewide average weekly wage.

 "Statewide average weekly wage" means the amount computed by the department as of July first of each year that is the aggregate amount of wages, irrespective of the limitation on the amount of wages subject to contributions by reason of Section 41-27-380(2), reported by employers as paid during the first four of the last six completed calendar quarters before this date, divided by a figure representing fifty-two times the twelve-month average of the number of employees in the pay period containing the twelfth day of each month during the same four calendar quarters as reported by those employers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-20.1; 1973 (58) 412; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 20, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission" following "the amount computed by the"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-390. Week.

 "Week" means calendar week or a period of seven consecutive days that the department prescribes by regulation. The department likewise may determine that a week is considered "in", "within", or "during" that benefit year which includes the greater part of that week.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-23; 1952 Code Section 68-20; 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 23, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrence of "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-410. Departmental administrative contingency assessment.

 Effective January 1, 1986, the departmental administrative contingency assessment is an assessment of six one-hundredths of one percent to be assessed upon the wages as defined in Section 41-27-380(2) of all employers except those who have either elected to make payments in lieu of contributions as defined in Section 41-31-620 or are liable for the payment of contributions as defined in Section 41-31-620 or are liable for the payment of contributions and are classified as a state agency or any political subdivision or any instrumentality of the political subdivision as defined in Section 41-27-230(2).  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 362, Section 1, eff April 3, 1986; 1999 Act No. 37, Section 1, eff June 1, 1999; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 2, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 1999 amendment changed "contribution rate" to "contribution base rate".  The 2011 amendment substituted "departmental" for "employment security" and deleted "or have been assigned a contribution base rate of five and four-tenths percent" from the end.
SC Code § 41-27-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-510. Promulgation of regulations regarding unemployed individuals.

 The department must promulgate regulations applicable to unemployed individuals, making distinctions in the procedures regarding total unemployment, part-total unemployment, partial unemployment of the individuals attached to their regular jobs and other forms of short-time work as the department considers necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-24; 1952 Code Section 68-21; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369; 1946 (44) 1474; 1949 (46) 264; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 24, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-520. Included and excluded service.

 If the services performed during one half or more of any pay period by an individual for the person employing him constitute employment, all the services of such individual for such period shall be deemed to be employment; but if the services performed during more than one half of any such pay period by an individual for the person employing him do not constitute employment, then none of the services of such individual for such period shall be deemed to be employment. As used in this section the term "pay-period" means a period of not more than thirty-one consecutive days for which a payment of remuneration is ordinarily made to the individual by the person employing him. This section shall not be applicable with respect to services performed in a pay period by an individual for the person employing him when any such service is excepted by item (8) of Section 41-27-260.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-26; 1952 Code Section 68-23; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369.
SC Code § 41-27-525 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-525. Availability of benefits for persons seeking only part-time work.

 If the majority of the weeks of work in an individual's base period includes part-time work, the individual shall not be denied unemployment benefits under any provisions of this act relating to availability for work, active search for work, or failure to accept work, solely because the individual is seeking only part-time work. The phrase "seeking only part-time work", as used in this subsection, means the individual claiming unemployment benefits is available for a number of hours per week that are comparable to the individual's part-time work experience in the base period.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 234, Section 7, eff January 1, 2011.
SC Code § 41-27-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-530. Separate establishments deemed single employing unit.

 All individuals performing services within this State for any employing unit which maintains two or more separate establishments within this State shall be deemed to be employed by a single employing unit for all the purposes of Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-27; 1952 Code Section 68-24; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369.
SC Code § 41-27-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-540. Individuals employed to assist agents or employees.

 Each individual employed to perform or to assist in performing the work of any agent or employee of an employing unit shall be deemed to be employed by such employing unit for all the purposes of Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, whether such individual was hired or paid directly by such employing unit or by such agent or employee, provided the employing unit had actual or constructive knowledge of the work.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-28; 1952 Code Section 68-25; 1942 Code Section 7035-99; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1940 (41) 1630; 1941 (42) 358, 369.
SC Code § 41-27-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-550. Reciprocal agreements.

 The department may enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states or the federal government whereby individuals performing services in this and other states for a single employing unit under circumstances not specifically provided for in Section 41-27-230 or under similar provisions in the unemployment compensation laws of such other states shall be deemed to be engaged in employment performed entirely within this State or within one of such other states and whereby potential rights to benefits accumulative under the unemployment compensation laws of one or more states or under the law of the federal government or both may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits through a single appropriate agency under terms which the department considers fair and reasonable as to all affected interests and will not result in a substantial loss to the fund, and the department may enter into agreements with appropriate agencies of other states or the federal government administering unemployment compensation laws to provide that contributions on wages for services performed by an individual in more than one state for the same employer may be paid to the appropriate agency of one state.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-29; 1952 Code Section 68-26; 1942 Code Section 7035-98; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1946 (44) 1474; 1949 (46) 418; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 25, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for three occurrences of "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-560. Prohibition of libel or slander actions.

 A report, communication, or other similar matter, either oral or written from an employee or employer to the other or to the department or its agents, representatives, or employees that has been written, sent, delivered, or made in connection with the requirements and the administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title must not be made the subject matter or basis of a suit for slander or libel in a court of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-30; 1952 Code Section 68-27; 1942 Code Section 7035-95; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1946 (44) 1474; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 26, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission" following "employer to the other or to the"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-570. Defense of suits involving duties of department.

 In case of a suit to enjoin the collection of the contributions provided for in Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, to test the validity of those chapters or for another purpose connected with its duties, the department must be made a party to it and the Attorney General or counsel for the department shall defend the suit in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-27-580.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-31; 1952 Code Section 68-28; 1942 Code Section 7035-94; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1942 (42) 1648; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 27, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-580 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-580. Representation of department in civil actions.

 In a civil action to enforce the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department and the State may be represented by a qualified attorney employed by the department and is designated by it for this purpose or, at the department's request, by the Attorney General.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-32; 1952 Code Section 68-29; 1942 Code Section 7035-97; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 28, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for three occurrences of "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-590 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-590. Prosecution of criminal actions.

 (A) All criminal actions for violation of any provision of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title or of any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be prosecuted by the Attorney General of the State or at his request and under his direction by the solicitor of any circuit or any prosecuting attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the employer has a place of business or the violator resides.  (B) The department must refer all cases of significant claimant and/or employer fraud to the Attorney General to determine whether to prosecute the offender.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-33; 1952 Code Section 68-30; 1942 Code Section 7035-97; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 116, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment designated the existing paragraph as subsection (A); added subsection (B), relating to referral of cases of significant fraud to the Attorney General; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-600. Compromises.

 The department may compromise a civil penalty or cause of action arising pursuant to a provision of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title instead of commencing suit on them and may compromise the case after suit on it commences. In these cases the department shall keep on file in its office the reasons for settlement by compromise; a statement on the amount of contribution imposed; the amount of additional contribution, penalty, or interest imposed by law in consequence of neglect or delinquency; and the amount actually paid pursuant to the terms of the compromise.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-34; 1952 Code Section 68-31; 1942 Code Section 735-100; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 29, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-610. Place where failure to perform acts deemed to occur.

 The failure to do an act required by or under the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title shall be deemed an act committed in part at the office of the department in Columbia.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-35; 1952 Code Section 68-32; 1942 Code Section 7035-101; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 30, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 3, eff March 14, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission in Columbia"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.  The 2011 amendment substituted "by or under the provisions" for "pursuant to a provision" and "shall be deemed" for "is considered", and added "in Columbia".
SC Code § 41-27-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-620. Department's certificate as prima facie evidence.

 The certificate of the department to the effect that a contribution has not been paid, that a report has not been made, that information has not been furnished, or that records have not been produced or made available for inspection, as required pursuant to Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, is prima facie evidence of the alleged action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-36; 1952 Code Section 68-33; 1942 Code Section 7035-101; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 31, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission" following "The certificate of the"; substituted "of the alleged action" for "thereof" following "prima facie evidence"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-630. Liability of State and department for payment of benefits.

 A benefit is considered due and payable pursuant to Chapters 27 through 41 of this title only to the extent provided in those chapters and to the extent that money is available for them to the credit of the unemployment compensation fund and neither the State nor the department must be liable for an amount in excess of that sum.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-37; 1952 Code Section 68-35; 1942 Code Section 7035-102; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 32, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission" following "neither the State nor the"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-27-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-640. Extension of unemployment insurance coverage to political subdivisions mandated by P.L. 94-566.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, any extension of unemployment insurance coverage to political subdivisions in this State mandated by P.L. 94-566 shall be continued in effect at the option of the governing body of the political subdivision to the extent any part of the coverage mandated in P.L. 94-566 upon state and local government is either declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, or is repealed by an act of Congress. If P.L. 94-566 or the federal acts it amends is stayed pendente lite as to the employees of this State or one of its cities or counties by any court of competent jurisdiction, the coverage of all employees under this law is automatically stayed.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 161 Section 24.
SC Code § 41-27-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-650. Department must work in conjunction with Department of Commerce and Department of Administration on certain matters.

 (A) The Department of Commerce and the Department of Employment and Workforce must work in conjunction to develop or procure computer hardware, software, and other equipment that are compatible with each other as needed to efficiently address the state's policy goals as set forth in Section 41-27-20. Once information technology is attained, the departments regularly must develop reports that address relevant workforce issues and make the reports available to workforce training entities, including, but not limited to, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Commission on Higher Education, and the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation. Additionally, the departments must respond promptly to inquiries for information made by education and workforce training entities.  (B) The department must work in conjunction with the Department of Administration to coordinate its computer system with computer systems of other state agencies so that the department may more efficiently match unemployed persons with available jobs. The department must provide a progress report concerning implementation of this subsection to the Chairman of the Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, the Department of Employment and Workforce Review Committee, and the Governor every three months until fully implemented.  (C) This section is not intended to restrict or hinder the development of an unemployment benefits system financed in whole or in part by the United States Department of Labor.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 146, Section 7, eff March 30, 2010.
SC Code § 41-27-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-700. Department of Employment and Workforce Review Committee; creation.

 There is created the Department of Employment and Workforce Review Committee which must exercise the powers and fulfill the duties described in this article.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 146, Section 118, eff March 30, 2010.