South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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S. 1050

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Alexander
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Introduced in the Senate on February 27, 2018
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Employee benefits

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/27/2018  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3)
   2/27/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 3)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/27/2018

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 41-1-25(B) AND (C) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, TO PROVIDE THAT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MAY NOT REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO PAY EMPLOYEES ADDITIONAL WAGES OR PAY BASED ON ANY ALTERATION OR ADJUSTMENT OF EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING NOR MAY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FINE OR OTHERWISE PENALIZE EMPLOYERS WHO DO NOT PAY EMPLOYEES ADDITIONAL WAGES BASED ON ANY ALTERATION OR ADJUSTMENT OF EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 41-1-25(B) and (C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(B)(1)        A political subdivision of this State may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employee benefit.

(2)    A political subdivision of this State may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to pay employees additional wages or pay based on any alteration or adjustment of employee scheduling. Nor may a political subdivision of this State fine or otherwise penalize an employer that does not pay employees additional wages or pay based on any alteration or adjustment of employee scheduling.

(C)    This section does not limit the authority of political subdivisions to establish employee benefits or to provide for additional wages or pay based on any alteration or adjustment of employee scheduling in employment relationships to which they are a party."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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