S.C. Code § 41-29-10
Unemployment security provisions; administration by Department of Employment and Workforce
Chapters 27 through 41 of this title shall be administered by the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.
South Carolina Code Title 41, Chapter 29 — Employment and Workforce - Department of Employment and Workforce
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S.C. Code § 41-29-20
Department of Employment and Workforce; creation; executive director; appointment; removal; compensation
There is hereby created the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce which must be managed and operated by an executive director nominated by the State Department of Employment and Workforce Review Committee and appointed by the Governor. The term of the executive director is conterminous with that of the…
S.C. Code § 41-29-25
Executive Director; discharge of duties
(A) The executive director shall discharge his duties: (1) in good faith; (2) with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances; and (3) in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the department. As used in this chapter, best interests means…
S.C. Code § 41-29-35
Executive Director; appointment
(A) The Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce must be appointed pursuant to the procedure set forth in Section 41-27-720. (B) The committee must nominate three applicants found qualified to serve as executive director for the Governor's consideration. In making nominations to the Governor, th…
S.C. Code § 41-29-40
Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service Divisions; directors
There are created under the department two coordinate divisions, the South Carolina State Employment Service Division, and a division to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Division. Each division must be administered by a full-time salaried director, who is subject to the supervision and direction of the departm…
S.C. Code § 41-29-50
Appointment of advisory councils
The executive director may appoint local or industry advisory councils, composed in each case of equal numbers of employer representatives and employee representatives, who may fairly be regarded as representatives because of their vocation, employment or affiliations, and of members representing the general public as…
S.C. Code § 41-29-70
Employment of personnel
Subject to the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department may employ or retain on a contract basis other accountants, attorneys, experts necessary to perform the department's duties.
S.C. Code § 41-29-80
Classification of positions; salary schedules; personnel standards
The department shall: (1) classify all positions under Chapters 27 through 41 of this title except those exempted by the Federal Social Security Act or regulations of the Secretary of Labor or his successors; and (2) establish salary schedules and minimum personnel standards. These standards must conform to the minimum…
S.C. Code § 41-29-110
Duties and powers of department
The department must promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, employ personnel, make expenditures, require reports not otherwise provided for in these chapters, conduct investigations or take other action as it considers necessary or suitable to administer its…
S.C. Code § 41-29-120
Employment stabilization; report requirements; joint electronic filing
(A)(1) The department, with the advice and aid of its advisory councils and through its appropriate divisions, shall take appropriate steps to: (a) reduce and prevent unemployment; (b) encourage and assist in adopting practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance; (c) investigate, recomm…
S.C. Code § 41-29-140
Reciprocal agreements
The department may enter an arrangement with the appropriate agency of another state or of the federal government with respect to the combination of wages: (1) An agreement with the federal government where wages or services, upon the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under an unemployment co…
S.C. Code § 41-29-150
Records; inspection and copying; confidentiality; violation; penalties
An employing unit must keep true and accurate work records containing information the department prescribes. These records must be open to inspection and subject to being copied by the department or its authorized representative at a reasonable time and as often as necessary. The department and the chairman of an appea…
S.C. Code § 41-29-160
Information generally confidential
Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title information obtained from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration of such chapters and determinations as to the benefit rights of any individual shall be held confidential and shall not be disclosed or be open to public inspect…
S.C. Code § 41-29-170
Permitted disclosure of information
(A) A claimant or his legal representative must be supplied with information from the records, to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of his claim in a proceeding pursuant to Chapters 27 through 41, subject to restrictions the department may prescribe by regulation. (B)(1) Upon written request, the departm…
S.C. Code § 41-29-180
Reports to be kept to minimum
The department shall endeavor, both for the relief of the clerical work of employers and its own office, to confine reporting to the minimum necessary for the proper administration of the law, and, except for necessary separation, low earnings, special reports or notices, or wage and employment reports required pursuan…
S.C. Code § 41-29-190
Witnesses, oaths, certifications, and production of books and the like
In the discharge of the duties imposed by Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department or a duly authorized representative of it may administer an oath and affirmation, take a deposition, certify to an official act and issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness and the production of books, papers, c…
S.C. Code § 41-29-200
Self-incriminating testimony
A person must not be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records before the department, an appeal tribunal, or their duly authorized representative or in obedience to the subpoena of them in a cause or proceeding before the department or an appeal t…
S.C. Code § 41-29-210
Penalties for contumacy or failure to obey subpoena
(1) In case of contumacy by a person or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to a person, a court of this State or judge of this State within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business, upon application by the department or a duly authorized represe…
S.C. Code § 41-29-220
Examination of returns or reports of national banks
The department may request the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States to cause an examination of the correctness of a return or report of a national banking association rendered pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, and may in connection with this request transmit this report or…
S.C. Code § 41-29-230
State and federal cooperation
(1) In the administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department must cooperate with the United States Secretary of Labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of these chapters, and act, through the promulgation of appropriate rules, regulations, administrative methods and standards, as…
S.C. Code § 41-29-240
Cooperation with Railroad Retirement Board and other federal agencies
The department may make the state's record relating to the administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title available to the Railroad Retirement Board and may furnish the Railroad Retirement Board, at the board's expense, copies of this record as the Railroad Retirement Board considers necessary for its purposes.…
S.C. Code § 41-29-250
Publication of certain material; internet access
The department must: (A) print and make available for public distribution the text of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title and its: (1) regulations; (2) annual reports to the Governor and General Assembly; and (3) other material the department considers relevant and suitable; or (B) make the information required by sub…
S.C. Code § 41-29-270
Emergency unemployment compensation system
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department may promulgate regulations necessary for the operation of an emergency unemployment compensation system in the event of an enemy attack or natural disaster, as declared by the President of the United States, that disrupts or endanger…
S.C. Code § 41-29-280
Annual reports
Not later than the fifteenth day of January annually, the department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report covering the administration and operation of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title during the preceding fiscal year and make recommendations for amendments to these chapters as the departme…
S.C. Code § 41-29-290
Recommendations as to change in contribution or benefit rates
When the department believes a change in contribution or benefit rates is necessary to protect the solvency of the fund, it promptly must inform the Governor and the General Assembly of this information and make recommendations regarding it.
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