The SC Department of Employment and Workforce is encouraging impacted employers to consider filing on behalf of their employees to streamline the process for filing unemployment claims for all parties involved. Employer Filed Claims are more convenient and eliminate the step of an employer having to verify a worker’s claim.

Essential Services Update

The Post and Courier: ‘Essential’ businesses making their case with SC governor to remain open
On March 23rd, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued updated guidance (Version 1.1) on Critical Infrastructure Industries, which adds industries that are supply chains to critical infrastructure industries to the list.
CISA plans to update this list regularly and invites businesses to email them directly at cisa.cat@cisa.dhs.gov
Latest Update: March 31st: Gov. Henry McMaster yesterday issued Executive Order 2020-17, directing the temporary closure of non-essential businesses, including venues, facilities, services and activities for public use, throughout the state to combat the spread of COVID-19. The executive order goes into effect at 5:00 p.m. April 1, 2020.“Non-essential” businesses, venues, facilities, services, and activities will be closed to non-employees and will not be open for access or use by the public or shall not take place. This includes businesses where access is limited and based on membership. The list of Non-Essential Businesses is as follows:
1. Entertainment venues and facilities
- Night clubs
- Bowling alleys
- Arcades
- Concert venues
- Theaters, auditoriums and performing arts centers
- Tourist attractions (including museums, aquariums and planetariums)
- Racetracks
- Indoor children’s play areas
- Adult entertainment venues
- Bingo halls
- Venues operated by social clubs
1. Recreational and athletic facilities and activities
- Fitness and exercise centers and commercial gyms
- Spas and public or commercial swimming pools
- Group exercise facilities (including yoga, barre and spin studios or facilities)
- Spectator sports
- Sports that involve interaction with another person in close proximity and within less than six (6) feet of another person
- Activities that require the use of shared sporting apparatus and equipment
- Activities on commercial or public playground equipment
1. Close-contact service providers
- Barber shops
- Hair salons
- Waxing salons
- Threading salons
- Nail salons and spas
- Body-art facilities and tattoo services
- Tanning salons
- Massage-therapy establishments and massage services

Our COVID-19 Response

We want to encourage each of you

Eat well, sleep, and exercise. Taking care of yourself in this time of stress will improve your resistance to infection and resilience in managing difficult business situations. And of course, wash your hands all the time and don’t touch your face, or anyone else, for that matter.

We are ready to assist you, please let us know how!! Take care and stay well!

Key Resources

EMPLOYER FILED UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS

Essential Services Update

If you need clarifications or have additional questions, please reach out to us.

Available Sites & Buildings

Infrastructure

We want to encourage each of you 

Eat well, sleep, and exercise. Taking care of yourself in this time of stress will improve your resistance to infection and resilience in managing difficult business situations. And of course, wash your hands all the time and don’t touch your face, or anyone else, for that matter.  