Section 60-12-17 – Terms and conditions of employment–Employers required to maintain records.
60-12-17. Terms and conditions of employment–Employers required to maintain records. Each employer of more than twenty-five persons shall make, keep, and maintain the records of the wage and wage rates, job classifications, and other terms and conditions of employment of each person employed, and shall preserve the records for a reasonable period of time. Source: […]
Section 60-12-18 – Liability of employer for sex discrimination in wages–Other remedies unimpaired.
60-12-18. Liability of employer for sex discrimination in wages–Other remedies unimpaired. An employer who violates the provisions of §60-12-15 is liable to an employee affected in the amount of the employee’s unpaid wages. Action to recover the liability may be maintained in a court of competent jurisdiction by one or more employees for themselves and […]
Section 60-12-19 – Action to recover unpaid wages–Agreement to work for less no defense.
60-12-19. Action to recover unpaid wages–Agreement to work for less no defense. An agreement by an employee to work for less than the wage to which such employee is entitled to under §§60-12-15 to 60-12-21, inclusive, is not a defense to the action. Source: SL 1966, ch 64, §3.
Section 60-12-20 – Time for commencement of action for unpaid wages.
60-12-20. Time for commencement of action for unpaid wages. Court action under §60-12-18 may be commenced no later than two years after the cause of action occurs. Source: SL 1966, ch 64, §3.
Section 60-12-21 – Employer prohibited from threatening employee to prevent enforcement of discrimination provisions.
60-12-21. Employer prohibited from threatening employee to prevent enforcement of discrimination provisions. No employer may, for the purpose of dissuading an employee from preferring charges or giving information against the employer or testifying against the employer in an action brought under §60-12-18, threaten termination of the employ of the employee or other retaliatory action, or […]
Section 60-12-9 – Seats for children required–Violation as misdemeanor.
60-12-9. Seats for children required–Violation as misdemeanor. In any mercantile or manufacturing establishment, hotel, or restaurant where children are employed, suitable seats shall be maintained in the room where such employees work and such use thereof permitted as may be necessary for preservation of the health of such employees. Violation of this section is a […]
Section 60-12-11 – Enforcement of child labor laws.
60-12-11. Enforcement of child labor laws. The Department of Labor and Regulation shall enforce all the laws of this state relative to employment of children. Source: SL 1949, ch 215, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §17.1003 (2); SL 1973, ch 303, §6; SL 2008, ch 276, §92; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. […]
Section 60-12-12 – Investigation of complaints by department–Criminal prosecution.
60-12-12. Investigation of complaints by department–Criminal prosecution. The Department of Labor and Regulation shall investigate any complaint made to the department as to violation of any of the laws of this state relative to employment of children, and independently without complaint shall at all times endeavor to ascertain violations of these laws. The department shall […]
Section 60-12-13 – Visitation and inspection of places of employment by department.
60-12-13. Visitation and inspection of places of employment by department. All places where children are employed and whose employment is in any manner regulated by law, shall at all times be subject to the visitation and inspection of the Department of Labor and Regulation. Source: SL 1949, ch 215, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §17.1003 (2); […]
Section 60-12-14 – Superintendent’s visitation of places of employment.
60-12-14. Superintendent’s visitation of places of employment. Every factory, workshop, mine, mercantile establishment, or other place in or in connection with which children are engaged at labor of any kind shall at all times be subject to visitation by the superintendent of schools of the school district in which located or of the child’s residence. […]