Section 60-11-7 – Liability of employer for double damages for breach of obligation to pay wages.
60-11-7. Liability of employer for double damages for breach of obligation to pay wages. In any action for the breach of an obligation to pay wages, if a private employer has been oppressive, fraudulent, or malicious, in the employer’s refusal to pay wages due to the employee, the measure of damages is double the amount […]
Section 60-11-8 – Employers subject to wage payment requirements.
60-11-8. Employers subject to wage payment requirements. In §§60-11-9 to 60-11-23, inclusive, the term, employer, includes any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, receiver, or other officer of a court of the state, and any agent or officer of any kind of the above mentioned classes and subject to the provisions of these […]
Section 60-11-9 – Monthly wage payments required–Agreed pay day–Form of payment.
60-11-9. Monthly wage payments required–Agreed pay day–Form of payment. Every employer shall pay all wages due to employees at least once each calendar month unless otherwise provided by law, or on regular agreed pay days designated in advance by the employer, in lawful money of the United States. An employer may pay wages by check, […]
Section 60-11-10 – Prompt payment of wages due on separation by employer–Withholding for return of employer’s property.
60-11-10. Prompt payment of wages due on separation by employer–Withholding for return of employer’s property. Whenever an employer separates an employee from the payroll, the unpaid wages or compensation of such employee are due and payable not later than the next regular stated pay day for which those hours would have normally been paid or […]
Section 60-11-3 – Minimum wage–Misdemeanor–Certain employees excluded.
60-11-3. Minimum wage–Misdemeanor–Certain employees excluded. Every employer shall pay to each employee wages at a rate of not less than eight dollars and fifty cents an hour. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. The provisions of this section do not apply to certain employees being paid an opportunity wage pursuant to §60-11-4.1, […]
Section 60-11-1 – Manufacturing or mechanical occupations–Hours of labor.
60-11-1. Manufacturing or mechanical occupations–Hours of labor. A day’s labor in any manufacturing or mechanical occupation shall consist of eight hours unless there is an express agreement to the contrary. This does not apply if the agreement is for employment by the week, month, or year. Source: SL 1933 (SS), ch 10, §1; SDC 1939, […]
Section 60-11-2 – Requiring employee to pay cost of medical examination prohibited–Misdemeanor–Employer and employee defined.
60-11-2. Requiring employee to pay cost of medical examination prohibited–Misdemeanor–Employer and employee defined. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any employer to require any employee to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a condition of continued employment. The term, employer, as […]