Executive Order No. 2020-11

The record

Jurisdiction

South Carolina

Level

State

Authority

S.C. Code §§ 1-3-410, 1-3-420, 25-1-440, 25-1-450, 41-35-110(4), 11-35-1570; Regs. 61-15, 61-16, 61-112

Issued

2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020

Effective

2020-03-20 (State-employee directive), 'until further notice' (read as 2020-03-20)

End

Telework directive re-enacted in EO 2020-50 § 9, 2020-63, 2020-73 and 2021-11 § 8; ended by EO 2021-12 § 5(D) (Mar. 5, 2021) ordering return plans (read as 2021-03-05)

In force

Mar. 20, 2020 to Mar. 5, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Telework mandateHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther

Addressees

• all State agencies, departments and offices under the Governor's authority and their non-essential employees
• counties and municipalities (bar on closing State facilities)
• DEW
• DHEC
• hospitals

Functions reached

• OF/OP office and administration (State workforce removed from workplaces)
• CT courts, agencies, recorders and licensing counters (State counters closed to non-essential staff)
• CB State-agency customers of contractors, vendors and lessors
• IP hospital capacity (bed and CON rules suspended)

Collection

South Carolina SC

Operative words

I hereby direct that all non-essential employees and staff of the State of South Carolina, as described below, shall not report to work, physically or in-person, effective Friday, March 20, 2020, and until further notice.... state agencies and departments shall utilize, to the maximum extent possible, telecommuting or work-from-home options for non-essential employees and staff.... I hereby prohibit any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State of South Carolina from closing any location or facility that is occupied or utilized, in whole or in part, by any agency, department, official, or employee of the State.

Enforcement

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