2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
CHAPTER 10 - PAYMENT OF WAGES
Section 41-10-50. Payment of wages due discharged employees.

SC Code § 41-10-50 (2016) What's This?

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.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 380, Section 1, eff April 21, 1986; 1990 Act No. 463, Section 3, eff May 7, 1990.

Effect of Amendment

The 1990 amendment substituted "When" for "Whenever" and deleted at the end "after written notice is given".

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