South Carolina § 41-35-50 Maximum potential benefits for year.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 41-35-50 — Maximum potential benefits for year.

South Carolina·Title 41 LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT·Ch. 35 EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE—BENEFITS AND CLAIMS

The maximum potential benefits of any insured worker in a benefit year are the lesser of:

(1)twenty times his weekly benefit amount;

(2)one-third of his wages for insured work paid during his base period. If the resulting amount is not a multiple of one dollar, the amount must be reduced to the next lower multiple of one dollar, except that no insured worker may receive benefits in a benefit year unless, subsequent to the beginning of the next preceding benefit year during which he received benefits, he performed "insured work" as defined in Section 41-27-300 and earned wages in the employ of a single employer in an amount equal to not less than eight times the weekly benefit amount established for the individual in the preceding benefit year.

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The maximum potential benefits of any insured worker in a benefit year are the lesser of: (1) twenty times his weekly benefit amount; (2) one-third of his wages for insured work paid during his base period. If the resulting amount is not a multiple of one dollar, the amount must be reduced to the next lower multiple of one dollar, except that no insured worker may receive benefits in a benefit year unless, subsequent to the beginning of the next preceding benefit year during which he received benefits, he performed "insured work" as defined in Section 41-27-300 and earned wages in the employ of a single employer in an amount equal to not less than eight times the weekly benefit amount established for the individual in the preceding benefit year.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 68-105; 1952 Code SECTION 68-108; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-83; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1952 (47) 1936; 1955 (49) 480; 1969 (56) 268; 1971 (57) 950; 1972 (57) 2309; 1983 Act No. 62 SECTION 6; 2011 Act No. 63, SECTION 17, eff June 14, 2011. Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment in subsection (1) substituted "twenty" for "Twenty-six", and in subsection (2) substituted "one-third" for "One-third".