2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
CHAPTER 3 - DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR OF LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION
Section 41-3-70. Representatives of employer and employees may accompany inspectors.
A representative of the employer and a representative authorized by his employees shall be given an opportunity to accompany the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation or his designee, his assistant or inspector during the physical inspection of any workplace for the purpose of aiding such inspection. No employee shall suffer any loss of wages or other benefits which would normally accrue to him because of his participation in the walk-around inspection under this section. Where there is no authorized representative, the director or his designee, his assistant or inspector shall consult with a reasonable number of employees concerning matters of health and safety in the workplace.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-6.1; 1973 (58) 378; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 966, eff February 1, 1994.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee" for "Commissioner" in the first sentence and in the last sentence substituted "director or his designee" for "Commissioner".
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