{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-41-27-160","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 41-27-160","heading":"Benefit year.","body":"\"Benefit year\" means the one-year period beginning with the day as of which an insured worker first files a request for determination of his insured status, and afterward the one-year period beginning with the day by which he next files this request after the end of his last preceding \"benefit year\"; provided, that in the case of a combined wage claim filed by an individual in accord with an arrangement entered into by the department pursuant to the provisions of Section 41-29-140(2), the benefit year is that applicable provided by the law of the paying state. The filing of a notice of unemployment is considered a request for determination of insured status if a current benefit year has not previously been established. A request for determination of insured status must be made pursuant to regulations as the department prescribes.","path":["Title 41 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT","CHAPTER 27 Employment and Workforce—General Provisions","ARTICLE 3 Definitions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t41c027.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:26:34Z","sha256":"26309ec50658fe70ed9b2c9425e39282d1dd3b67e261eaa0929c86b5e7d560cf","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-41-27-150","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-41-27-170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}