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FMLA: South Carolina

This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of family and medical leave considerations in South Carolina, including the absence of a state‑specific family and medical leave law and the application of leave as a pregnancy accommodation.

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by Susan A.P. Woodhouse, Littler

Summary

South Carolina does not have a family and medical leave law applicable to private sector employers. This guide provides information on leave as a pregnancy accommodation.

In this guide, learn about:

  • Family and medical leave
  • Same-sex marriage
  • Common law marriage
  • Pregnancy leave and accommodation
  • Interaction of leave laws
  • Future developments

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Jurisdiction: South Carolina

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Updated to reflect information on a state supreme court ruling regarding common law marriages.

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Littler

Littler, the largest global employment and labor law practice, exclusively represents the global employer community in all aspects of employment and labor law. Littler litigates, mediates and negotiates some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.

Littler’s practice areas are extensive and their expertise crosses over multiple industries and spans a wide array of employment law areas such as discrimination and harassment, labor management relations, executive compensation, ERISA and benefit plan litigation, leaves of absence and disability accommodation, hiring, performance management and termination, employment practices audits and wage and hour.

Littler is the exclusive author of Brightmine’s prestigious Employee Handbook. Their experience with preparing employee handbooks and their ongoing contributions to Brightmine in the areas of federal and state leaves of absence, disabilities and multistate employer issues made them a natural fit to partner with us on the creation of a robust set of model handbook policy statements and guidance for federal, state and key municipalities.

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