House Bill 4087* (H.4087) advances income tax credits for corporate headquarters, recycling facilities, job development and retraining by amending the South Carolina Code of Laws to update portions of the South Carolina...more
Starting in the first quarter of 2024, employers must report Standard Occupational Code (SOC) information for their employees in the quarterly wage file reports due by April 30, 2024. In May 2023, Governor Henry McMaster...more
As was discussed in the previous article providing a general summary of the South Carolina legislative session, the 2023 regular session concluded on May 11th. Legislators did not adopt a Sine Die Resolution giving Governor...more
On June 22, 2022, Henry McMaster, the Governor of South Carolina, signed South Carolina Bill 901 (the “Bill”) into law. The Bill amends the Enterprise Zone Act of 1995’s section on Job Development Credits (JDCs), one of South...more
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has signed into law House Bill 3126, which has implications for public and private employers that continue to require employees in South Carolina to be vaccinated against COVID-19....more
On April 25, 2022, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed into law House Bill 3126, which, among other things, bans state and local governments from imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates as a condition of employment and...more
Effective July 1, 2022, college athletes in South Carolina can earn compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness (NIL) and to obtain agents. Senate Bill 685, signed by Governor Henry McMaster, applies to...more
As expected, on April 28, 2021, Governor Henry McMaster signed the “South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act” (Senate Bill 147) into law. The act, which provides protection from “coronavirus claims” to a broad class of...more
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has signed the “South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act” into law, providing legal immunity to certain businesses that reasonably adhere to public health guidance in effect at the...more
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster just signed the “South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act” into effect, providing legal immunity to businesses that reasonably adhered to public health guidance applicable at the...more
The “South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act” (Senate Bill 147) is expected to reach Governor Henry McMaster’s desk early this week for his signature. Senate sponsors initially introduced the act on December 9, 2020,...more
On Tuesday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced that the state would move to phase 1b of its vaccination plan beginning this coming...more
The South Carolina state Senate has passed legislation that would provide immunity from COVID-19-related lawsuits for businesses that follow state and federal health guidelines. The measure now goes before the South...more
Governor Henry McMaster recently signed the South Carolina Lactation Support Act into law, soon requiring all employers in South Carolina to make reasonable efforts to provide workers with reasonable break time and space to...more
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed into law the “South Carolina Lactation Support Act,” requiring employers to provide employees reasonable unpaid break time, or paid break time or mealtime, each day to express...more
South Carolina leaders are looking to limit liability for businesses as they reopen, require employers to implement a variety of safety precautions, invest in better internet access across the state, and increase spending to...more
Since it was first reported to the World Health Organization on December 31, 2019, the novel Coronavirus has and continues to wreak havoc on a global scale unseen in our lifetime. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated global...more
At a press briefing on May 11, 2020, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced that close contact service providers, fitness and exercise centers, commercial gyms, and commercial and public pools would be permitted to...more
On Monday, Gov. Henry McMaster (R) announced the limited capacity opening of close contact service providers, gyms, and pools beginning May 18 as long as businesses implement social distancing and sanitizing measures. Close...more
South Carolina has joined the growing number of states that have begun to reopen their economies following weeks of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. On May 1, 2020, Governor Henry McMaster announced that he would lift...more
Less than a week after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued Executive Order 2020-29, extending the “state of emergency” status, he announced on May 1 that the state would rescind the current “Stay at Home” orders and...more
On April 27, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued Executive Order 2020-29, extending the state’s “state of emergency” status and prior “stay at home” orders. Under SC law, the governor can declare a state of emergency...more
Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina made public his accelerateSC plan, a “coordinated COVID-19 advisory team to consider and recommend economic revitalization plans of South Carolina.” Unveiled April 20, 2020, the task...more
As decreases in hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID-19 continue their apparent incremental decline across the country, businesses seek a light at the end of the tunnel. Governors eager to get their citizens back to...more
Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina issued a “Home or Work Order” effective Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. The order directs people across the state stay at home unless they are engaging in essential business or...more