Governor Haley: State Employees in 26 Counties Will Be Paid for Executive Order Days Off

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – State employees in 26 counties who were required to stay home because of Hurricane Matthew will be paid for the days their offices were closed. Gov. Nikki Haley issued an executive order Friday granting leave with pay for employees who work in the state offices she ordered closed from Oct. 5 through Oct. 7.
As the hurricane headed to South Carolina, Haley ordered all public schools and government offices in 26 counties to close amid her coastal evacuation orders.

She said that would ease traffic for the hundreds of thousands of people leaving the coast, while some schools served as shelters.
Her latest order does not apply to the employees of school districts and local governments that had to close.