South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 47 - DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 47-3 - Definitions

A. Spouse is defined as a legally married husband or wife.

B. Parent is defined as a father or mother to include a step parent or legal guardian.

C. Child is defined to include any individual for whom the claimant is a legal guardian.

D. Reasonable commuting distance is defined as fifty (50) miles or less from the claimant's new residence address to the claimant's old employment address.

E. Part-time is defined as twenty-nine (29) hours or less of work per week.

F. If the majority of the weeks of work in an individual's base period includes part-time work, the individual shall not be denied unemployment benefits under any provisions of this act relating to availability for work, active search for work, or failure to accept work, solely because the individual is seeking only part-time work. For the purposes of this section, majority is defined as fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the weeks of work during the individual's base period. When seeking part-time work, the individual claiming unemployment benefits must be available for a number of hours per week that are comparable to the individual's part-time work experience from his/her most recent part-time employment.