A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE Department of Employment and Workforce, RELATING TO Representation before Appeal Tribunal and the Appellate Panel, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 5164, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1.   The regulations of the Department of Employment and Workforce, relating to Representation before Appeal Tribunal and the Appellate Panel, designated as Regulation Document Number 5164, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the S.C. Code, are approved.

SECTION 2.   This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

R.47-55 describes how a party may be represented before an Appeal Tribunal or the Appellate Panel. The Department proposes amending this regulation to clarify who can represent individuals, businesses, and other entities before the Appeal Tribunal and Appellate Panel, and to distinguish, for the purposes of representation, between unemployment insurance benefit proceedings and unemployment insurance tax proceedings. The Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on September 23, 2022.

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