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Lifeboat Jobs Announcement

Filling the Lifeboat and Helping South Carolinians Get Back to Work S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce Will Provide Top 29 Lifeboat Jobs…

Filling the Lifeboat and Helping South Carolinians Get Back to Work

S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce Will Provide Top 29 Lifeboat Jobs To Consider As Individuals Make Employment Decisions To help support…

SC Works Centers around the State Get Creative to Continue Services that Connect Jobseekers and Employers

Drive-thru and open air job fairs enhance opportunities for the state to address workforce needs The COVID-19 pandemic has created both crisis and…

SC Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Data Week Ending August 8, 2020

Initial Claims: For claim week ending August 8, 2020, the number of South Carolinians who filed their initial claim for unemployment insurance…

Gov. Henry McMaster and S.C. Department of Employment of Workforce Executive Director Dan Ellzey Announce Record Cuts to Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates

  Gov. Henry McMaster and S.C. Department of Employment of Workforce Executive Director Dan Ellzey Announce Record Cuts to Unemployment…

SC Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Data Week Ending August 1, 2020

Initial Claims: For claim week ending August 1, 2020, the number of South Carolinians who filed their initial claim for unemployment insurance…

SC Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Data Week Ending July 25, 2020

Initial Claims: For claim week ending July 25, 2020, the number of South Carolinians who filed their initial claim for unemployment insurance…

Disaster Unemployment Assistance Available for Nine Counties Affected by April Storms

FEMA funding provides unemployment insurance for those who lost work as a result of the storms and are not already receiving benefits through the…

South Carolina Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Data Week Ending July 18, 2020

Initial Claims: For claim week ending July 18, 2020, the number of South Carolinians who filed their initial claim for unemployment insurance…

Additional 6 Weeks of Extended Benefits Program Activated

  Extended Benefits (EB) Program now provides up to 16 weeks of Unemployment Benefits for unemployed South Carolinians The Department of…