An agency can implement a Reduction in Force (RIF) for one or more of the following reasons: reorganization, work shortage, loss of funding or outsourcing/privatization. Information to assist agencies in the creation and implementation of a RIF plan can be found here (.pdf). The RIF Communication Guide (.pdf) provides guidance on developing a communication plan related to a RIF.
Our mission at the Division of State Human Resources is to partner with our agency customers to ensure excellence in human resources and to improve agency performance. To assist state government human resources professionals, DSHR strives to provide useful resources and materials to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
State Human Resources regulations provide multiple pay options to increase employee base compensation including performance, additional duties, additional skills and retention. Multiple compensation options are available to address temporary or conditional situations, for example, temporary salary adjustments, market and geographic differentials, on call pay, shift differentials and bonuses.
The state of South Carolina utilizes a market-based classification and compensation system. In addition, both state agencies and institutions of higher education have unclassified state titles.
Sick Leave Eligibility
Employees in full-time equivalent (FTE) positions who are scheduled to work at least one-half of the workweek on a 12-month basis or the equivalent of one-half of the workweek during the full school or academic year of nine months or more are eligible to earn sick leave.
If the part-time employee is scheduled to work at least one-half of the workweek of the agency, the employee is eligible to earn sick leave on a pro-rata basis.
On May 13, 2022, Governor Henry McMaster signed into law S. 11, which added Section 8-11-150 (A) and amends Section 8-11-155 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, to provide six weeks of paid leave at one hundred percent of the eligible state employee’s base pay or two weeks of paid leave at one hundred percent of the eligible state employee’s base pay depending on the qualifying event. Leave for part-time eligible state employees must be on a prorated basis corresponding to the percentage of hours they are normally scheduled to work.