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. […]
Section 60-12-15 – Equal pay for equal work–Discrimination based on sex prohibited.
60-12-15. Equal pay for equal work–Discrimination based on sex prohibited. No employer may discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, by paying wages to any employee in any occupation in this state at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays any employee of the opposite sex for comparable work on […]
Section 60-12-16 – Differentials excluded from prohibition.
60-12-16. Differentials excluded from prohibition. Differentials which are paid pursuant to established seniority systems, job descriptive systems, merit increase systems, or executive training programs, which do not discriminate on the basis of sex, are not within the prohibition of §60-12-15. Source: SL 1966, ch 64, §1.
Section 60-12-1 – Maximum hours for children under sixteen–Exceptions–Misdemeanor.
60-12-1. Maximum hours for children under sixteen–Exceptions–Misdemeanor. No unemancipated child under sixteen years of age may be employed for more than four hours in any school day, twenty hours in any school week, eight hours in any nonschool day, forty hours in any nonschool week, or after 10 p.m. in any day that precedes a […]
Section 60-12-1.1 – School day and school week defined.
60-12-1.1. School day and school week defined. As used in this chapter, a school day is any day on which the child’s own school or other educational program is operating and the child is expected to attend. A school week is a week during which the child’s own school or other educational program is operating […]
Section 60-12-2 – Employment of child under fourteen years of age restricted–Violation as misdemeanor.
60-12-2. Employment of child under fourteen years of age restricted–Violation as misdemeanor. No child under fourteen years of age may be employed at any time in any factory or workshop or about any mine, nor be employed in any mercantile establishment except during hours when the child’s own school or other educational program is not […]
Section 60-12-3 – Prohibited employment or exploitation of minors–Separate age limit for pumping fuel–Misdemeanor–Employment by parents excepted–License, permit, or certificate for agricultural employment.
60-12-3. Prohibited employment or exploitation of minors–Separate age limit for pumping fuel–Misdemeanor–Employment by parents excepted–License, permit, or certificate for agricultural employment. No child under sixteen years of age may be employed at any time in any occupation dangerous to life, health, or morals, nor may any child be in any manner exploited by any employer. […]
Section 60-12-5 – Labor of minor necessary for support–Permit authorizing employment.
60-12-5. Labor of minor necessary for support–Permit authorizing employment. If it appears upon investigation that the labor of a minor who would otherwise be barred from employment by law is necessary for the minor’s support or that of the family to which the minor belongs, the Department of Labor and Regulation may issue a permit […]