2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
CHAPTER 35 - EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE - BENEFITS AND CLAIMS THEREFOR
Section 41-35-615. Notice to employer by United States mail or electronic mail; designation of preferred method of notice; default; time for required response.
All notices given to an employer concerning a request for determination of insured status, a request for initiation of a claim series in a benefit year, a notice of unemployment, a certification for waiting-week credit, a claim for benefits, and any reconsideration of a determination must be made by United States mail or electronic mail. The employer may designate with the department its preferred method of notice. If an employer does not make a designation, then notices must be made by United States mail. The employer may not be required to respond to the notice until ten calendar days, or the next business day if the tenth day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday, after the postmark on notices sent via United States mail or ten calendar days after the date a notice is sent via electronic mail.
HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 146, Section 115, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, Section 14, eff March 14, 2011.
Effect of Amendment
The 2011 amendment, in the fourth sentence, substituted "until ten calendar days, or the next business day if the tenth day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday, after" for "until twelve business days after" and "calendar days" for "business days".
