What a South Carolina business has to have in writing
South Carolina was the first state to enact the NAIC insurance data security model, so insurance licensees with ten or more people carry a written security program and file a compliance certification with the Department of Insurance every February 15.
Outside insurance the state adds little written-policy weight: no comprehensive privacy law, no harassment-policy mandate, no state paid leave. What every employer does face is SC OSHA as a state plan, mandatory E-Verify on every new hire, a written notice of wages at hire, and secure destruction of records holding customer identifying information.
South Carolina has a rule of its own in 7 of the 14 areas, listed below. In 6 more we searched the state's own site and found nothing beyond the federal rule, but we have not finished writing up where we looked, so those are not shown yet. One area we have not checked yet.
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South Carolina rules for a 15–19 person general business
We check the same 14 areas of state law on every state page: breach notification, data security program, consumer privacy law, biometric and health data, harassment prevention, workplace safety programs, workplace violence prevention, insurance data security, state vendor security program, paid leave policies, required postings, pay transparency, licensing and certifications, and other written policies. Federal rules apply in most of these already. What this page adds is whether South Carolina has a rule of its own on top. The federal rules every employer carries follow the South Carolina rules. Each row names what you must write, post, file or certify, who enforces it, and links to the authority.
Breach Notification 1Who you must tell after a data breach, and how fast
Data Security Program 1A written safeguards program the state requires before anything goes wrong
Workplace Safety Programs 1Written programs the state safety agency requires beyond federal OSHA
Required Postings 1The notices every workplace in the state must display
Licensing and Certifications 1Registrations, licenses and certifications a business or its staff must hold
Other Written Policies 4Any other document the state makes an employer write or hand out
Because You Are in Construction 1Industry layer
Because You Are in Food & Beverage 1Industry layer
Because You Are in Financial & Tax 1Industry layer
Federal rules for a 15–19 person general business
Federal rules apply in every state, on top of the South Carolina rules above. South Carolina has an OSHA-approved State Plan covering private sector workers, so the state program enforces the workplace safety rows here and must be at least as effective as OSHA. OSHA State Plans ↗
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Sources
South Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 39 chapter 1South Carolina Department of Consumer AffairsSouth Carolina Legislature - Consumer Identity Theft Protection (title 37 chapter 20)South Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 38 chapter 99South Carolina Department of Insurance - CybersecuritySouth Carolina Department of Insurance - Insurance Data Security Law industry presentationSC OSHA (Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation)OSHA - South Carolina State PlanSouth Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 41 chapter 15South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and RegulationSouth Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 41 chapter 10South Carolina Secretary of State - Business FilingsSouth Carolina Department of Revenue - Business registrationSouth Carolina LLR - Contractor's Licensing BoardSouth Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 40 chapter 11South Carolina LLR - Contractor's Licensing Board legislative updateSouth Carolina Department of Agriculture - Retail Food SafetySouth Carolina Department of Agriculture - How to apply for a retail food establishment permitSouth Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 41 chapter 8South Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 38 chapter 73South Carolina Department of InsuranceSouth Carolina Legislature - S.C. Code title 41 chapter 13