Thank you for your follow-up.

It is almost certain the employer contested. If he did not, you would have obtained the benefits but because the employer has to pay part of the benefits, and the state the other part of the benefits, this is likely what took place. This is the code below:

SECTION 41-35-120. Disqualification for benefits.

An insured worker is ineligible for benefits for:

(1) Leaving work voluntarily. If the department finds he left voluntarily, without good cause, his most recent work prior to filing a request for determination of insured status or a request for initiation of a claim series within an established benefit year, with ineligibility beginning with the effective date of the request and continuing until he has secured employment and shows to the satisfaction of the department that he has performed services in employment as defined by Chapters 27 through 41 of this title and earned wages for those services equal to at least eight times the weekly benefit amount of his claim.
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As you can see, the best and likely only defense is to claim "good cause". South Carolina does not permit a "relocation" exclusion as good cause, and that is something almost no state permits. Therefore unless you claim hostile work environment as the reason for leaving, I would see this as a valid termination of your benefits. I am sorry.

Good luck.Dimitry Esquire41041.8666387384