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SC Code § 41-18-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-160. Catapulting amusement ride permit requirements.

 (A) A catapulting amusement ride must meet the following requirements before the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation may issue a permit:  (1) the ride must have been in operation in another state or country for more than five years in order to compile a safety record that must be reviewed by the department;  (2) the ride must have an exemplary safety record in the discretion of the department;  (3) the ride must have cables or wire ropes attached to the safety car in at least four places;  (4) the ride may not incorporate or use bungee cords anywhere within the design of the ride; and  (5) at no time may a safety car or other suitable safety device be attached directly to a spring which is stretched or elongated in the manner of a bungee cord from the top of a tower or fixed position above the safety car or other suitable device.  (B) The department may deny a permit for a catapulting amusement ride if one or more of the requirements in subsection (A) are not satisfied."  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 60, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 18, 2005).
SC Code § 41-18-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-170. Miniature train amusement ride requirements.

 A miniature train amusement ride must satisfy the following requirements before the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation may issue a permit or renewal permit:  (1) the ride must have a properly operating speedometer;  (2) the ride must have a device that allows the speed of the train to be regulated and the speed of the train must be set so as to only operate at or below the maximum speed recommended by the manufacturer;  (3) all drivers operating the ride must be trained to operate the ride in accordance with the manufacturer's operation recommendations; a training record for each driver must be maintained by the owner or operator of the ride as long as the driver is employed by or operates the train on behalf of the owner or operator; and each driver must be tested by the department before the driver is authorized to operate the train; a driver employed to operate the train, or who will operate the train on behalf of the owner or operator, subsequent to the department issuing the permit or renewal permit does not affect the validity of the permit, so long as the driver does not operate the train until the driver has been tested by the department; and  (4) the ride must be inspected mechanically, including, but not limited to, a speed test of the train to ensure that the train is operating in accordance with the requirements of item (2), and in accordance with this chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, but in no case less than an annual inspection.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 129, Section 2, eff March 13, 2012.  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 129, Section 1, provides as follows:  "This act may be cited as 'Benji's Law'."
SC Code § 41-18-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-300. Citation of article.

 This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Rider Safety Act".  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 41-18-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-310. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Parent or guardian" means a parent, custodian, or guardian responsible for the control, safety, training, or education of a minor or a person who is disabled or incompetent.  (2) "Rider of a carnival or amusement device" or " rider" means a person who is:  (a) waiting in the immediate vicinity to get on a carnival or amusement device;  (b) getting on a carnival or amusement device;  (c) using a carnival or amusement device;  (d) getting off a carnival or amusement device; or  (e) leaving a carnival or amusement device and who is still in the immediate vicinity of the carnival or amusement device.  "Rider" does not include employees or agents of the owner of a carnival or amusement device while engaged in the duties of their employment.  (3) "Sign" means a symbol or language reasonably calculated to communicate information to riders or riders' parents or guardians including, but not limited to, placards, prerecorded messages, live public address, stickers, pictures, pictograms, guidebooks, brochures, video, verbal information, and visual signals. Lettering on signs used for this purpose must be at least two inches in height.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 41-18-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-330. Obligations of parents and guardians of riders.

 Parents or guardians of riders have a duty to ensure that the rider complies with all provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 41-18-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-340. Detention by security officer for safety warning violation; defense in civil action for detention.

 (A) A security or law enforcement officer may detain a person for a reasonable time in a reasonable manner for the purpose of conducting an investigation if the security or law enforcement officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated any posted rules or warnings or instructions of the owner of the carnival or amusement device or the owner's agent or employee.  (B) In a civil action brought by a person resulting from a detention of a person by a security or law enforcement officer, it is a defense to that action that the security or law enforcement officer who detained the person had reasonable cause to believe that the person had violated a posted rule or warning or instruction of the carnival or amusement device owner, or of the owner's employee or agent, and that the security or law enforcement officer detained the person for a reasonable time in a reasonable manner for the purpose of conducting an investigation of the alleged violation.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 41-18-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-350. Notice of safety warning compliance obligation; place of posting.

 (A) The owner of a carnival or amusement device shall display signs that include this statement:  State law requires riders to obey all posted signs and warnings and instructions and to behave in a manner that will not cause or contribute to injuring themselves or others. Riders must report all injuries before leaving.  (B) The owner shall display these signs at:  (1) any station for reporting an injury;  (2) any first aid station; and  (3) either:  (a) any entrance or exit to or from the premises designated for riders; or  (b) any area or structure at which riders may purchase admission or obtain authority to use a carnival or amusement device.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 41-18-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 18 - South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code|Section 41-18-360. Wilful violations; penalties.

 A person who wilfully violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two months or both.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 41-21-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 21 - Future Volunteer Firefighters Act|Section 41-21-110. Junior Firefighters Program.

 (A) The Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, in cooperation with the State Firefighters Association, may establish a junior firefighters program, consistent with all applicable state and federal child labor laws, for the purpose of encouraging, educating, and training qualified youth to enter the fire service as a career. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, qualified youth under eighteen years of age shall be allowed to participate in training activities offered by local fire departments, the Office of the State Fire Marshall, and the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. As used in this subsection, the term "qualified youth" means an uncompensated fire department or rescue squad member who is between fourteen and eighteen years of age.  (B) Participants in the junior firefighters program are not considered employees of the State and are not considered eligible for unemployment compensation upon termination from the program; however, participants are entitled to all other work benefits, including workers' compensation or its equivalent.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 159, Section 2, eff May 12, 2010.
SC Code § 41-25-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Private Personnel Placement Services Act".  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-441; 1968 (55) 2846; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1.
SC Code § 41-25-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-20. Definitions.

 For the purposes of this chapter:  (a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of State or his designated representative.  (b) "Private Personnel Placement Service" includes any person who charges fees, whether direct or indirect, all or any part of which may be in consideration of the person providing information on employment opportunities, procuring or attempting to procure employment for applicants seeking employment, and for procuring or attempting to procure employees for employers seeking applicants, regardless of what the services are called, which must include, but not be restricted to, job listing services, employment information centers, executive search firms, outplacement services, career counseling services, consultants, or resume services that perform job market sourcing for applicants, corporate or private business services, and other professional consultants and all who market or advertise personnel services on a "third party" basis, unless covered under other provisions of law.  (c) "Private Personnel Placement Service" does not include:  (1) Any placement office conducted by an incorporated bar association, hospital, association of registered professional nurses, registered medical institution, or by an incorporated association or society of professional engineers, or by an incorporated association or society of land surveyors, or by an incorporated association or society of registered architects;  (2) Any organization operated by or under the exclusive control of a bona fide nonprofit educational, religious, charitable, or eleemosynary institution;  (3) Temporary help services;  (4) Any organization operated by a governmental authority.  (d) "Placement fee" means any thing of value, paid, or directed to be paid, including retainer fees for providing information on employment opportunities, for the service of procuring or attempting to procure employment for persons seeking employment, or for procuring or attempting to procure employees for employers seeking applicants, or charges by persons performing services as defined in item (b) of this section.  (e) "Person" means any individual, company, society, association, corporation, manager, contractor, subcontractor, partnership, bureau, agency, service, office, or the agent or employee of the foregoing.  (f) "Applicant" means anyone performing or seeking to perform work, service, or labor of any kind and who had for this purpose visited or been in contact with a Private Personnel Placement Service.  (g) "Employer" means any person who engages or who seeks to engage applicants for employment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-431; 1968 (55) 2846; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 147, Section 1, eff June 8, 1989.  Effect of Amendment  The 1989 amendment in (b) and (d) inserted "providing information on employment opportunities,", and also in (b) inserted "job listing services, employment information centers,".
SC Code § 41-25-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-40. Duties of licensees.

 Every licensed private personnel placement service in the State shall:  (a) Openly and in a place accessible to applicants and employees alike, display the license.  (b) Make available to each applicant a copy of every contract between the private personnel placement service and the applicant which shall have printed on it or attached to it a copy of the fee and placement fee schedules.  (c) Guarantee, to the applicant through contractual agreement between the private personnel placement service and the applicant who pays a placement fee, every job placement for a minimum period of ninety calendar days. Should the position end in less than ninety calendar days, regardless of the cause for termination, the fee or service charge for services rendered must be adjusted to and shall not exceed the amount of the original fee prorated over ninety calendar days from the beginning date of employment. Should the applicant not report for work, regardless of the reason, there may be no fee charged to the applicant.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-433; 1968 (55) 2846; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1.
SC Code § 41-25-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-50. Prohibited activities or conduct of personnel agencies.

 Any person who acts as a private personnel placement service in the State, or his employees may not:  (a) Knowingly induce or attempt to induce any employee it has placed to leave that employment unless it is requested to do so by the employee and he has first contacted the private personnel placement service.  (b) Knowingly publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information, representation, promise, notice, or advertisement.  (c) Knowingly refer any employee or applicant for employment to a place where a strike or lockout exists without furnishing the employee or applicant with a written statement as to the existence of the strike or lockout, if the agency had knowledge of the facts.  (d) Knowingly send or cause to be sent any applicant to any place the private personnel placement service knows or reasonably should have known is maintained for immoral or illicit purposes.  (e) Impose a fee for the registration of an applicant.  (f) Impose a fee to an applicant for placement services or job referral or employment consulting services except when the services rendered result in that applicant accepting employment and establishes a confirmed starting date.  (g) Engage or attempt to engage in splitting or sharing, with an employer, an agent or other employee of an employer, or other person to whom private personnel placement service has been furnished, a payment received by a private personnel placement service from a person seeking employment or from an employer.  (h) Procure or attempt to procure the discharge of a person from his current employment.  (i) Advertise in any media, including a newspaper, trade publication, billboard, radio, television, card, printed notice, circular, contract, letterhead, or any other material made for public distribution, except an envelope, without stating the firm name and if the firm name does not include words identifying it as providing private personnel placement service then additional words must be used such as Personnel Agency, Personnel Consultant, Fee Paid, or other wording that establishes the identity as a Private Personnel Placement Service in the advertisement.  (j) Deleted.  (k) Use or cause to be used any fictitious name as a contact person for an applicant or employer or a name which is not the correct name of the private personnel placement service itself or the individual employee within the service who is handling the job order.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-434; 1968 (55) 2846; 1978 Act No. 553; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 477, Section 2, eff June 17, 1992.  Effect of Amendment  The 1992 amendment deleted item (j), which read "Conduct placement services from any location other than the location stated on the license."
SC Code § 41-25-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-60. Advertisements in South Carolina by firms located outside its jurisdiction.

 Any person who acts as a private personnel placement service doing business in South Carolina but is located outside the jurisdiction of the other provisions of this chapter may not be allowed to advertise by any media, including a newspaper, trade publication, billboard, radio, television, card, printed notice, circular, contract, letterhead, or any other material made for public distribution, except an envelope, without clearly stating that the advertisement is by a firm providing private personnel placement services, stating the firm name, address, and using the words personnel placement service, personnel agency, consultants, fee paid, or other wording that establishes the identity as a private personnel placement service in the advertisement, if the firm name does not include such words.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-435; 1968 (55) 2846; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1.
SC Code § 41-25-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-70. Prohibited activities or conduct of employers seeking employees or persons seeking employment.

 Any person or employer seeking employees or a person seeking employment shall not:  (a) Make any false statement or conceal any material fact for the purpose of obtaining employees, or employment, by or through a private personnel placement service.  (b) Engage or attempt to engage in the splitting or sharing of fees or payments for services of a private personnel placement service with any person to whom this chapter is applicable.  (c) Intentionally or knowingly refuse to pay any fee due to a private personnel placement service for placement services rendered.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-436; 1968 (55) 2846; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1.
SC Code § 41-25-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-80. Confidentiality of records and files.

 Private personnel placement service information is confidential and must be considered and protected as follows:  All records and files of the private personnel placement service of all applicants, all customers, all job orders, which include their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and all related data for each, is confidential and belongs to the firm regardless of the medium on which it is recorded. The improper use or removal from the firm of all or any part of this data by a current or former employee is prohibited without written authority from the owner of the private personnel placement service and its use by a former employee is prohibited for a period of one hundred eighty days from the date of that person's separation from the firm.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-437; 1968 (55) 2846; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1.
SC Code § 41-25-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-90. Penalties.

 Any person who knowingly violates Sections 41-25-30, 41-25-40, 41-25-50, 41-25-60, 41-25-70, or 41-25-80 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. In addition, anyone convicted of the violations must be denied his right to operate as a private personnel placement service and shall immediately surrender his license to the Secretary.  Failure to surrender the license shall subject the licensee to a misdemeanor with the same penalty as above prescribed in this section with each day of noncompliance constituting a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-438; 1968 (55) 2846; 1981 Act No. 107 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1.
SC Code § 41-25-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-100. Liability for violations; remedies.

 (a) A person who knowingly violates Sections 41-25-50, 41-25-60, 41-25-70, and 41-25-80 is liable to the person adversely affected by the violation for three times the amount of actual damages incurred plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.  (b) In an action filed under this section, a plaintiff may seek and the court, in its discretion, may grant:  (1) An order enjoining the defendant in the suit from violating Sections 41-25-50, 41-25-60, 41-25-70, and 41-25-80;  (2) Any order necessary to restore to the person any property acquired by the defendant in the suit in violation of Sections 41-25-50, 41-25-60, 41-25-70, and 41-25-80; or  (3) Other relief that the court considers proper, including, if the court's judgment against the defendant in the suit is not satisfied within three months after the date of the final judgment, the appointment of a receiver, the revocation of a license or certificate authorizing the defendant in the suit to engage in business in this State, or an order enjoining the defendant in the suit from acting as a personnel service.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1.
SC Code § 41-25-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 25 - Private Personnel Placement Services|Section 41-25-110. State agencies entitled to enforce chapter.

 The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by any state agency having jurisdiction and authority to enforce this chapter, including, but not limited to:  (a) Secretary of State  (b) Division of Labor  (c) Attorney General  (d) Department of Consumer Affairs  (e) South Carolina Law Enforcement Division  (f) Circuit solicitors  (g) Local law enforcement agencies  (h) Any person who has been damaged by or has knowledge of any violation of the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 149, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 977, eff February 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment substituted "Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation or his designee" for "Commissioner of Labor".
SC Code § 41-27-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 27 - Employment And Workforce - General Provisions|Section 41-27-10. Short title.

 Chapters 27 through 41 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce".  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-1; 1952 Code Section 68-1; 1942 Code Section 7035-81; 1936 (39) 1716; 1966 (54) 2640; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 11, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "Department of Employment and Workforce" for "Employment Security Law" at the end of the section.