South Carolina · statute · S.C. Code tit. 41, ch. 10 · 11 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Employer" means every person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiver, or other officer of a court of this State, the State or any political subdivision thereof, and any agent or officer of the above classes employing any person in this State. (2) "Wages" means all amounts at…
This chapter applies to all employers in South Carolina except that Section 41-10-30 does not apply to: (1) employers of domestic labor in private homes. (2) employers employing fewer than five employees at all times during the preceding twelve months.
(A) Every employer shall notify each employee in writing at the time of hiring of the normal hours and wages agreed upon, the time and place of payment, and the deductions which will be made from the wages, including payments to insurance programs. The employer has the option of giving written notification by posting t…
(A) Every employer in the State shall pay all wages due in lawful United States money or by negotiable warrant or check bearing even date with the payday. (B) An employer may deposit all wages due to the employee's credit at a financial institution which is doing business in the State and is insured by an agency of the…
When an employer separates an employee from the payroll for any reason, the employer shall pay all wages due to the employee within forty-eight hours of the time of separation or the next regular payday which may not exceed thirty days.
In case of a dispute over wages, the employer shall give written notice to the employee of the amount of wages which he concedes to be due and shall pay the amount without condition within the time set by this chapter. Acceptance by the employee of the payment does not constitute a release as to the balance of his clai…
Upon written complaint of any employee alleging a violation of this chapter, the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee may institute an investigation of the alleged violation. If the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee determines that a v…
(A) Any employer who violates the provisions of Section 41-10-30 must be given a written warning by the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee for the first offense and must be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. (B) Any emplo…
In each case where a civil penalty assessed under subsection (A) or (B) of Section 41-10-80 is not paid within sixty days the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee shall bring an action against the assessed employer for collection of the penalty. Any amounts collected must be tur…
No provision of this chapter may be contravened or set aside by a private agreement.
The Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee, his inspectors, agents, or designees, upon proper presentation of credentials to the owner, manager, or agent of the employer, may enter at reasonable times and have the right to question either publicly or privately any employer, owner,…