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CCH® UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE — 9/18/14

South Carolina amends its UI law regarding employment exemptions

South Carolina has amended its Department of Employment and Workforce Law as follows:

Motor carriers using independent contractors. The Act excludes an individual or entity that owns, or holds under a bona fide lease purchase or installment-purchase agreement, a tractor trailer, tractor, or other vehicle and who, under a valid independent contractor contract, provides services as a driver of the tractor trailer, tractor, or other vehicle to a motor carrier.

Automobile transports for dealers. An exclusion is also provided to an individual performing a services for an automobile dealer related to the transportation of individual vehicles to purchasers or sellers of vehicles, including, but not limited to, when: (1) an automobile auction is the purchaser, seller, or both; (2) the contract of service contemplates that the service is to be performed personally by the individual; (3) the individual does not own the vehicle used in connection with the performance of the service; (4) the service is in the nature of a single transaction with no guarantee of a continuing relationship with the automobile dealer for whom the service is performed; or (5) any combination of the items above.