South Carolina Unemployment Claim
Anyone who meets certain specific legal requirements can qualify to make a South Carolina unemployment claim. You will only receive a definite answer to this once you have filed a claim. To be eligible, you must comply with the following rules: you must have lost your job through no fault of your own; you must have earned a certain minimum amount of wages during the year-long period directly preceding the quarter in which you lost your job, and you must have worked for employer(s) who paid taxes to the state in your name.
If you are certified as being eligible, you may be able to draw roughly half your regular pay – in South Carolina up to a maximum of $326.00 per week. You can claim benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks according to the regulations set in place by the state.
If you are receiving severance pay from your ex-employer, you do not have to wait before you file a South Carolina unemployment claim. Any money you receive through severance will not be deducted or in any way affect your unemployment benefit payments.
You may also earn money from working while you draw benefits because of a South Carolina unemployment claim. As long as you report all that you earn to the relevant authorities, you may earn cash from work. However, if you don’t make reports, you could be prosecuted. You can earn up to a quarter of whatever your weekly benefits amount to without suffering any deductions from your unemployment payments.
All payments made under a South Carolina unemployment claim are taxable. When you first file a claim, you will be given the option of withholding taxes. At the close of the year, a statement will be sent to you that provides details on your tax status.