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South Carolina Drug Testing Requirements Impact Employment Benefits (pdf).
In May 2005, the law the state of South Carolina changed regarding an employee's disqualification for unemployment benefits.
New South Carolina Unemployment Companesation Legislation Requires Specific Drug Testing Procedures (pdf).
Under 2005 amendments to the South Carolina Employment Security Law, employers that terminate an employee for failing a drug test must comply with specific drug testing procedures before the Employment Security Commission will disqualify the employee from receiving unemployment benefits. The amendments provide that as long as an employer has communicated a policy that prohibits the illegal use of drugs and states that violating the policy may result in termination, an employee may be ineligible for unemployment compensation if he or she was terminated for:
