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FAQs

What makes you ineligible for unemployment in SC? ›

Even when sufficient wages qualify you for benefits, other reasons can disqualify you including: Leaving work voluntarily without good cause. Being discharged for misconduct connected with employment. Being discharged for cause, other than misconduct.

Within a week after applying for unemployment benefits you will receive a Monetary Determination by mail.

The weekly benefit amount (WBA) is the amount of money you are paid for each week that you are found eligible to receive unemployment benefits. The weekly benefit amount in South Carolina ranges from a minimum of $42 a week to a maximum of $326 a week, before taxes.

Claim and Payment Status

You can check the status of your claim 24-hours a day, 7-days a week by accessing your MyBenefits portal from your computer or mobile device. Click on the Dashboard tab and you will see detailed information about your claim and payment status.

To be eligible, you must have earned enough wages at your previous job, you must be able and available for work, and you must be actively seeking work. What if I Was Fired? You may still be eligible. However, you may lose benefits if your employer proves you were discharged for “misconduct” or “cause.”

If the department does not receive a response, then DEW will make a determination based on the information provided by the claimant when they file a claim. An employer that fails to respond to a separation request may experience increased benefit charges and higher unemployment insurance taxes.

Under a regular UI claim, if you collect all the benefits you were eligible to receive, you cannot apply for a new year until your current benefit year ends. If you tried to file a new claim without going back to work*, this would be called “double-dipping.”

The Adjudicator will consider the evidence and make a decision (a “Determination”) within thirty days of the Claimant submitting its supporting documents. If the Adjudicator orders a Party to pay the other Party, the payment must be made within ten days of the issuing of the Determination.

Because the appeal hearing will be your only opportunity to present your case, you should bring any evidence or witnesses that support your case. Witnesses with firsthand knowledge are very important in your appeal presentation. Hearsay, or second-hand information, is not as valuable as direct evidence.

The program allows UI recipients to maintain purchasing power, therefore, easing the serious effects of unemployment on individual households, the community and the state. In South Carolina, a UI claim can provide up to 20 weeks of benefits. The average weekly benefit amount is $236. The maximum weekly benefit is $326.

What is the average unemployment in SC? ›

South Carolina Unemployment Rate is at 3.90%, compared to 3.60% last month and 2.80% last year.

Policies and benefits vary by state. Mississippi has the lowest maximum unemployment benefits in the U.S. of $235 per week, while Massachusetts has the highest at $823. North Carolina and Florida offer unemployment benefits for the shortest length of time with a maximum of 12 weeks.

Please note, if eligible, you must serve a one-week waiting period after you file your claim before you can receive any benefits, and this week will not be paid. Receiving a letter of initial monetary determination.

To check the status of your payment online, log in to UI Online. Before you can use UI online, you need to first create a Benefit Programs Online account, which you can do here. Once you are logged in, select Payment Activity to see all payments made on your claim.

Unemployed, and. Worked in South Carolina during the past 12 months (this period may be longer in some cases), and. Earned a minimum amount of wages determined by South Carolina guidelines, and. Actively seeking work each week you are collecting benefits.

Code Section 41-35-120(5), claimants may be disqualified from receiving benefits if the claimant refuses to accept available suitable work offered to them by the Department or an employer.

If you quit a job, get discharged, refuse referral to a job, refuse a job, refuse to enter DWS-approved training, or fail to complete DWS-approved training, you may be disqualified. You and/or your employer may appeal an unfavorable nonmonetary determination.

If an individual is laid off, the employer may provide a "severance" or "separation" payment to help in dealing with the loss of his or her employment. b) Current Policy/Practice: Under current law such payments are not deducted from the unemployment benefits the individual receives.