In 1936, South Carolina enacted its first employment security law. The purpose was to provide for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own. Though amended several times since, the law continues to operate through three principal functions:
setting and collection of employer contributions to maintain the state’s unemployment compensation fund
distribution to qualified unemployed workers of temporary compensation from that fund
establishment and maintenance of free public employment offices to assist the unemployed in finding employment.
Coverage
The employment security law covers employers that meet any one of the following:
pay $1,500 or more in wages during any calendar quarter during the current or preceding calendar year
employ at least one individual for some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks during the current or preceding year, regardless of whether the 20 weeks were consecutive and regardless of whether the same individual was in employment in each such day.
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