About

This is an independent guide to unemployment benefits in South Carolina. It is not DEW, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, and it cannot file anything for you.

What the guide covers

Each page answers one question a South Carolina claimant asks, and sends you to the official page where you can act on it:

• filing a claim in MyBenefits and who qualifies;
• how much DEW pays and for how many weeks;
• the weekly certification and work search, appeals and overpayments, and taxes on benefits;
• DEW's phone lines and SC Works Centers, disability programs, and finding work.

How it is kept

Every figure, deadline, and phone number, and every link to a government page, is checked against the official source it comes from: DEW's own pages and its Claimant Handbook, South Carolina's Code of Laws and Code of Regulations, and the other official sites each page names. Each page lists those official sources at the bottom and shows the date it was last checked. The job board links on some pages are not government sources and sit outside that check.

What it cannot do

This guide cannot see or change your claim, decide whether you qualify, or give legal advice. DEW decides eligibility, and only once you file a claim, so for anything about your own case, go to DEW; how to reach DEW lists its lines. For legal advice, talk to a lawyer. In a South Carolina unemployment case, a lawyer or other agent who represents you may charge no more than DEW approves.