Does a TERI participant have grievance and reduction-in-force rights?
Any employee who entered the TERI program after June 6, 2005, is exempt from the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act and therefore will not retain grievance or reduction-in-force rights. A participant in the TERI Program who entered the program before or on June 6, 2005 retains the same status and employment rights he held upon entering the program. A TERI participant at a four-year post-secondary educational institution maybe covered by their institution’s grievance procedure for academic employees under Section 8-17-380 of the SC Code of Laws. However, the employee would not have reduction in force rights.
