South Carolina’s Human Affairs Law tracks federal discrimination doctrine on most issues. The state’s Upstate automotive cluster and Lowcountry aerospace concentration produce compensation profiles that distinguish damages modeling from typical federal-track analysis.
Upstate automotive compensation
BMW’s Spartanburg operation, Michelin’s North American headquarters, and a dense tier-one supplier base together produce compensation with program-linked bonuses, production-performance incentives, and long-service retention components. The model treats each compensation layer separately.
Charleston aerospace
Boeing’s Charleston operations produce compensation with program-phase adjustments (development versus production phase pay differences) and security-cleared premiums. The model reconstructs each component rather than assuming a blended figure.
Worklife & discount-rate notes
South Carolina's automotive, aerospace, healthcare, and logistics sectors produce varied compensation structures. Greenville-Spartanburg automotive plaintiffs at BMW, Michelin, and tier-one suppliers face OEM and supplier-executive compensation; Charleston-area aerospace plaintiffs at Boeing operations face program-specific compensation; Columbia-area insurance and financial-services plaintiffs face regional-sector structures.
