Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-68-180

  • Assigned employee: means a person performing services for a client company as affected by a contract between a licensee and client company in which employment responsibilities are shared. See South Carolina Code 40-68-10
  • Client company: means a person that contracts with a licensee and is assigned employees by the licensee under that contract. See South Carolina Code 40-68-10
  • Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter as a professional employer organization to provide professional employer services. See South Carolina Code 40-68-10
This chapter does not exempt a client of a licensee or an assigned employee from any other license requirements imposed under local, state, or federal law. An employee who is licensed, registered, or certified under law and who is assigned to a client company is an employee of the client company for the purpose of that license, registration, or certification, but otherwise remains the employee of the licensee as provided in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter affects the South Carolina Employment Security Law (§§ 41-27-10 through 41-41-50).