Current Status Bill Number:5008 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960509 Primary Sponsor:Jaskwhich All Sponsors:Jaskwhich Drafted Document Number:bbm\10844dw.96 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 HLCI Subject:Private personnel placement service, definition of
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TO AMEND SECTION 41-25-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS USED IN THE PRIVATE PERSONNEL PLACEMENT SERVICES ACT, SO AS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "PRIVATE PERSONNEL PLACEMENT SERVICE" TO INCLUDE PERMANENT, CONTRACT AND TEMPORARY PLACEMENT SERVICES, AND DELETE THE EXCLUSION FOR AN ELEEMOSYNARY ORGANIZATION AND TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 41-25-20(b) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 147 of 1989, is further amended to read:
"(b) `Private Personnel Placement Service' includes any person who charges fees, whether direct or indirect, all or any part of which may be in consideration of the person providing information on employment opportunities, procuring or attempting to procure employment for applicants seeking employment, and for procuring or attempting to procure employees for employers seeking applicants, regardless of what the services are called, which must include, but not be restricted to, permanent, contract and temporary placement services, job listing services, employment information centers, executive search firms, outplacement services, career counseling services, consultants, or resume services that perform job market sourcing for applicants, corporate or private business services, and other professional consultants and all who market or advertise personnel services on a `third party' basis, unless covered under other provisions of law."
SECTION 2. Section 41-25-20(c) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(c) `Private Personnel Placement Service' does not include:
(1) Any placement office conducted by an incorporated bar association, hospital, association of registered professional nurses, registered medical institution, or by an incorporated association or society of professional engineers, or by an incorporated association or society of land surveyors, or by an incorporated association or society of registered architects;
(2) Any organization operated by or under the exclusive control of a bona fide nonprofit educational, religious, charitable, or eleemosynary institution;
(3) Temporary help services;
(4) Any organization operated by a governmental authority."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.