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New employers in the state of South Carolina, you’re up to bat here at the best blog in the human resource world. Why should we talk about you, you ask? Well, for starters, it’s because there are certain things you ought to be doing to participate in the state unemployment insurance system, and if you’re not doing those things, I am here to give you a friendly reminder to start.

One such thing is to report to the South Carolina unemployment insurance system. No matter how many employees you have, in South Carolina, all employers have to file what is called a Commission Form UCE 151, or an Employer Status Report. The whole point of these Employer Status Reports is that it allows the Unemployment Insurance Commission in South Carolina to determine if you should be paying unemployment insurance taxes or not.

Even if you are currently not liable to pay these unemployment insurance benefits because of your employer status from years ago, you should file one of these Employer Status Reports to see what your status is today. You may now be liable to pay unemployment insurance taxes.

You will have to file something, too, if you recently acquired or bought someone else’s business. In this case, you have to get in touch with the South Carolina Unemployment Insurance Commission within 30 days of the end of the quarter when you bought or acquired that other business.

Another thing that you South Carolina employers should know about: the unemployment insurance benefits poster. Be sure to hang one up in every one of your facilities. Not only is it in the state labor laws that you hang up an unemployment insurance poster. It makes good sense to educate your employees about how they earn unemployment insurance benefits in the event that they lose their job for no wrongdoing of their own.

Most employers, with the exception of agricultural and domestic employers, and non-profit organizations, are considered liable under the SCES Law if the following requirements are met: (1) Employer has at least one employee in covered employment for some portion of a day in each of (20) different weeks within either the current or the preceding calendar year; or employer has paid wages of $1500 or more to employees in covered employment in any calendar quarter within either the current or the preceding calendar year or employer acquires all or a portion of another liable business. If you are considered a typical employer, you are required to post South Carolina Unemployment Insurance Posters where you employees can easily view them.

Agricultural employers are considered liable under the SCES Law if the following requirements are met: (1) Employer has paid wages of $20,000 or more in any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year; or employer employed (10) or more individuals on any day in each of (20) different weeks in either the current or preceding calendar year. Although you may not have an office, you are still required to post South Carolina Unemployment Insurance posters for your employees to read.

Domestic employers are considered liable under the SCES Law if the employer has paid wages of $1,000.00 or more in any calendar quarter in the current or preceding calendar year. Keep in mind the nationality of your employees and be sure to provide South Carolina Unemployment posters in a language they can understand. These posters are available in many different languages.

An employer who is determined not liable under stated SCES Law may elect, with the exception of agricultural and domestic employers, to become liable. Form UCE-154, Election to Become an Employer, must be completed. The Employer is liable from the beginning date of employment in the year the election request is completed.

I was reading through the unemployment insurance law provisions for the States when I came across some very helpful information about the South Carolina unemployment insurance law. Basically, the State encourages you to act right away if you are an employee and become unemployed. The South Carolina Employment Security Workforce Center is dedicated to helping individuals find jobs as quickly and efficiently as possible.

In order to register with the Workforce Center, you need to have your social security card on hand. They will attempt to place you into a job, but if no job is currently available for you, then they will decide if you are eligible for unemployment insurance benefits.

In order to be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits, you first must meet three basic criteria: 1. You need to be able and available for suitable work; 2. You need to be unable to obtain suitable work; 3. You need to be actively seeking work.

If you are in a situation where only part time work is available to you and you can accept this work, then you still may be able to accept partial unemployment insurance benefits.

Keep in mind that employees and citizens of South Carolina do not pay a tax for unemployment insurance. Therefore, it is important to note that no unemployment insurance benefits are due to any resident based on their citizenship. Unemployment insurance tax is paid entirely by employers and your former employer.

It is also important to note that unemployment insurance is not the same thing as Social Security, old age, survivors and disability insurance. Social Security taxes are set aside for your use when you are either in your old age, when you are a survivor or if you happen to go on disability. Unemployment insurance is based on your having had a job and the loss of that job due to no fault of your own.