Extra weekly $300 included in unemployment benefits to end in SC

SOUTH CAROLINA — The extra weekly $300 included in unemployment benefits in South Carolina will end on Saturday.

Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order ending the extra benefits to try and offset the current workforce shortage.

>> In the video at the top of the page, Channel 9′s Glenn Counts spoke to people who the changes will impact.

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States are opting out of weekly $300 federal unemployment payments (NCD)

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