South Carolina Allows Employers to Provide COVID-19 Support Payments to Furloughed Employees Receiving Unemployment Benefits

By Ashley Prickett Cuttino on April 13, 2020

On April 7, 2020, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued Executive Order 2020-22. This order allows employers to provide furloughed employees with additional monetary assistance in the form of COVID-19 Support Payments while the impacted individuals are receiving unemployment insurance benefits.