http://www.elinfonet.com/starticles/41 Articles discussing workplace law in South Carolina. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:07:02 EST en-us http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2287 Article: 2287 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act, signed into law by Gov. Sanford on June 4, 2008, changes the legal landscape for employers doing business in the State by imposing new employment verification requirements and establishing penalties for noncompliance. The new law also creates a new cause of action for wrongful termination if a business knowingly and/or intentionally terminates and replaces a legal worker with a worker not authorized to work in the United States. Across the nation, similar laws passed by local and state governments are meeting constitutional challenges with varying results. Below is a summary of the main provisions of the new South Carolina law. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2267 Article: 2267 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act, a comprehensive reform law deemed the "strongest in the nation" by state legislators, was signed by Governor Mark Sanford on June 4, 2008. The Act, a compromise of both sides of the General Assembly of South Carolina as well as the office of the Governor, was ratified by the General Assembly on May 29, 2008, after a 94-19 House vote. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2266 Article: 2266 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Today, Governor Mark Sanford signed into law the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act (H. 4400). The new law prohibits employers in South Carolina from "knowingly and intentionally" employing unauthorized aliens and establishes steps that all employers will be required to take to verify the work status of new hires. Employers that violate the provisions of the law will face tough penalties in the form of monetary fines and possible suspension, even permanent revocation, of the ability to employ workers in South Carolina. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2253 Article: 2253 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) South Carolina has become the most recent state to join the battle against the employment of illegal immigrants. On June 4, 2008, the Governor signed the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act (H 4400). Among other things, this law prohibits employers from knowingly and intentionally employing unauthorized aliens. The law provides that employers who comply in good faith with its employment verification requirements will not be deemed to have knowingly and intentionally employed unauthorized aliens. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2247 Article: 2247 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Today Gov. Mark Sanford will sign into law the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act. The legislation places South Carolina among the few states that require public and private employers to take affirmative steps to verify the legal status of new employees. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2231 Article: 2231 Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The California Nurses Association (CNA) and its national arm, the National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), are a nursing and health care union that is currently engaging in a widespread membership drive soliciting Registered Nurses throughout South Carolina. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2087 Article: 2087 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Customer list is not a trade secret when the names are readily available. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=2010 Article: 2010 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a company's customer list that is available to the public through other sources is not a "trade secret" protected under the South Carolina Trade Secrets Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 39-8-10, et seq. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1960 Article: 1960 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In response to concerns regarding the lack of predictability or objective standards in workers' compensation awards for permanent impairment, on September 20, 2007, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford signed Executive Order 2007-16, directing the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission and its individual commissioners to "strictly apply either AMA Guides or any other accepted medical treatise or authority in making their injury compensation determinations" in contested cases. Executive Order 2007-16 also requires that on a quarterly basis beginning on January 1, 2008, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission and its individual commissioners are to provide written confirmation, to the Office of the Governor, that they have used such objective standards in rendering compensation awards in the preceding quarter. Executive Order 2007-16 is effective immediately. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=1949 Article: 1949 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Summary judgment standards for emotional distress claims clarified.