Pregnancy Disability- S.C. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-13-10 through 1-13-110; S.C. Code Ann. Regs. § 65-30

Covered Employers: Any person who has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.

Employee Eligibility: All female employees

Entitlement: Leave due to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions on the same terms and conditions as applied to other temporary disabilities. It is also an unlawful practice for an employer to fail or refuse to make reasonable accommodations for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of an applicant for employment or an employee, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business of the employer.

Employer Notice: Notice of the right to be free from discrimination or retaliation for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, shall be conspicuously posted at the employer's place of business. If no place of business is located in South Carolina, or if an employee works from home, then the employer shall notify employees of this right in writing.

Employee Notice: Not specified

Obligation to Provide Certifications or Documents Supporting Need for Leave: Not specified

Paid? Only to the extent that for all employment-related purposes (including receipt of fringe benefits), women affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions must be treated the same as others not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work.

Benefits: Yes, to the extent that written and unwritten employment policies/practices (involving matters such as commencement and duration of leave, availability of extensions, accrual of seniority and other benefits, reinstatement and payment under health or temporary disability insurance or sick leave plans) must be applied to disability due to pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, childbirth and related recovery on the same terms and conditions as applied to other temporary disabilities.

Reinstatement: Yes, to the extent that written and unwritten employment policies/practices (involving matters such as commencement and duration of leave, availability of extensions, accrual of seniority and other benefits, reinstatement and payment under health or temporary disability insurance or sick leave plans) must be applied to disability due to pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, childbirth and related recovery on the same terms and conditions as applied to other temporary disabilities.

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