S.C. Code § 41-41-50

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 41-41-50 - General penalty

An employing unit or person who wilfully violates a provision of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title or an order, rule, or regulation under this title, the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under the terms of these chapters, is liable to a penalty of two thousand dollars, to be recovered by the department in an appropriate action in the South Carolina Administrative Law Court, and also is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars but not more than two hundred fifty dollars or imprisonment for not longer than thirty days, and, with regard to both civil and criminal penalties, each day the violation continues is considered a separate offense.

S.C. Code § 41-41-50

Amended by 2015 S.C. Acts, Act No. 77 (SB 407), s 2, eff. 6/8/2015.
Amended by 2010 S.C. Acts, Act No. 146 (HB 3442), s 106, eff. 3/25/2010.
1949 (46) 262; 1952 Code Section 68-404; 1962 Code Section 68-404.