When an employer separates an employee from the payroll for any reason, the employer shall pay all wages due to the employee within forty-eight hours of the time of separation or the next regular payday which may not exceed thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 41-10-50
Payment of wages due discharged employees
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Dumas v. InfoSafe Corp. (1995)
Most recently applied in Baugh v. Columbia Heart Clinic, P.A. (January 2013)
1986 Act No. 380, SECTION 1, eff April 21, 1986; 1990 Act No. 463, SECTION 3, eff May 7, 1990.
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Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.