South Carolina § 41-33-45 - Annual reports; trend charts; cost analysis.

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§ 41-33-45. Annual reports; trend charts; cost analysis.

(A) The department shall report, by October first of each year, to the General Assembly, the Review Committee, and to the Governor the amount in the unemployment trust fund and make an assessment of its funding level.

(B)(1) The annual assessment report must contain a trend chart concerning the unemployment trust fund's annual balance each year for at least the previous five years. The chart must compare the ending balance for each year with the minimum reserves needed to withstand an average recession and a severe recession.

(2) The annual assessment report also must contain an analysis of the cost paid to beneficiaries and cost-shifting, if any, from companies without a negative balance in their account fund to companies with a negative balance in their fund account. The analysis must be conducted with accepted actuarial principles on the basis of statistics of employment, business activity, and other relevant factors for the longest possible period. The analysis also must include recommendations for adjusting the tax structure to address inequities that arise due to cost-shifting.

HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 73, SECTION 3, eff June 11, 1999; 2010 Act No. 146, SECTION 8, eff March 30, 2010.

Effect of Amendment

The 2010 amendment rewrote this section to require the Department of Workforce to file annual reports including trend charts and cost analyses.

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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