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A new mobile application will improve customer service to S.C. unemployment claimants and enhance fraud detection and prevention, the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) announced today.The first of its kind offered by a state employment agency in the nation, DEW’s free iClai...

According to the SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW), newly-released figures show that 2013 was a banner year as far as total employment. More South Carolinians were employed by the end of the year than ever before in the state’s history. South Carolina’s employment level excee...

For the third consecutive year South Carolina businesses will only pay the minimum 0 .6 percent per employee for federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) because the Palmetto State once again successfully obtained the maximum 5.4 percent credit for 2013 FUTA. “Thanks to the great work from our st...

This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC unemployment benefits; (2) changes in the UC weekly benefit amount; and (3) the enactment i...

The SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) today announced it made a voluntary payment of $75 million to the federal government for the agency’s unemployment trust fund loan. This marks the second voluntary payment the state has made in 2013 bringing the total to $219 million this...

Chairman Mackenzie, Ranking Member Omar, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to testify on behalf of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). Thank you for hosting this hearing to discuss the current landscape of paid family and medica...