Each agency which is a member of the South Carolina Retirement System shall establish recruitment and hiring goals which shall target ten percent of all jobs requiring a high school diploma or less to be filled with family independence or food stamp recipients. A question concerning receipt of family independence benefits or food stamps may be added to the state employment application for purposes of targeting these applicants. Each agency annually shall report to the South Carolina Department of Social Services the number of family independence and food stamp recipients employed in comparison to the established goal.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 102, Part III, Section 7, eff June 12, 1995; 1997 Act No. 133, Section 11, eff June 11, 1997; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 32, eff July 1, 1999.