SC Governor says pandemic-related unemployment programs ending in June
(GREENVILLE, SC/FOX Carolina) - On June 30, South Carolina will return to its pre-pandemic unemployment program.
On Thursday, Governor Henry McMaster directed the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) to end the state s participation in all federal unemployment benefit programs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Governor said the decision is in response to labor shortages. DEW Director Dan Ellzey said there are over 81,600 open job positions across the state. Ellzey said the agency believes reemployment is the best course of action for economic recovery. What was intended to be a short-term financial assistance for the vulnerable and displaced during the height of the pandemic has turned into a dangerous federal entitlement, incentivizing and paying workers to stay at home rather than encouraging them to return to the workplace, Governor McMaster said in the letter to DEW.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered on Thursday the end of the state participating in federal unemployment benefit programs related to the pandemic by the end of June.
McMaster made the order to help address the workforce shortages in South Carolina, which he said is because of current federal unemployment benefits, according to a letter sent to director of the state s Department of Employment and Workforce Daniel Ellzey. South Carolina’s businesses have borne the brunt of the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those businesses that have survived both large and small, and including those in the hospitality, tourism, manufacturing, and health care sectors now face an unprecedented labor shortage, McMaster wrote.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTV) - South Carolina is set to end its participation in all federal, pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs due to a workforce shortage.
Governor Henry McMaster directed the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) to terminate South Carolinaâs participation in these programs, effective June 30, 2021.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WIS) - Governor Henry McMaster has ordered the termination of South Carolinaâs participation in all federal, pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs.
This will go into effect on June 30.
McMaster directed the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce to take the action in a letter sent to DEW Executive Director Dan Ellzey.
âSouth Carolinaâs businesses have borne the brunt of the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those businesses that have survived, both large and small, and including those in the hospitality, tourism, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors â now face an unprecedented labor shortage,â McMaster wrote. âThis labor shortage is being created in large part by the supplemental unemployment payment
South Carolina to end federal COVID-19-related unemployment
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster blamed federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits for the worker shortage his state is currently experiencing. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Boffen/U.S. National Guard/Flickr
May 6 (UPI) South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday ordered all of the state s federal pandemic-related unemployment programs to be terminated, citing them as responsible for the state s labor shortage.
In a letter to Department of Employment and Workforce Director Daniel Ellzey, the Republican governor called for the state to stop participating in the programs effective June 30, stating they pose a clear and present danger to the health of the state s businesses and economy.