Under South Carolina law (S.C. Code § 38-103-20), private employers are permitted to purchase voluntary Paid Family Leave insurance to provide paid, job-protected time off for their workforce. If your employer chooses to offer this benefit, you can access paid leave to manage a "qualifying exigency" arising from your family member’s active military duty or foreign deployment. This paid time off can be used for critical deployment-related needs, such as arranging urgent military childcare, handling financial and legal preparations, or attending official military send-offs. Because this program is voluntary, you should ask your employer’s HR department if they have purchased a paid family leave policy that includes military exigency coverage.