South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation

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The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation offers a wide variety of publications to meet the informational needs of employers and individuals. Check the menu to the left for your topic.

Publications are available in Adobe .pdf format* unless otherwise noted.

Adult Education

State Plan

Annual Reports

2012 Annual Report
2011 Annual Report
2010 Annual Report
2009 Annual Report
2008 Annual Report
2006 Annual Report

Banking Regulation

Banking Commission Activity Report

Boards & Commissions

(These links will take you to the Department of Labor and Regulation web page for each entity.)

Abstracters' Board of Examiners
Appraisers Certification Program
Board of Accountancy
Board of Barber Examiners
Board of Technical Professions
Commission of Human Rights
Cosmetology Commission
Electrical Commission
Employee Retirement Board
Plumbing Commission
Real Estate Commission
Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council

Business Services

See Employer Services.

Career Planning

Bookmark of Internet Addresses for Career & Labor Market Information
Career Aware (for students in third through fifth grade)
Career Destinations (for high school students)
Career InSite rack card
Career InSite & Reality Check poster (11 by 17 inches)
Career Peeks (for students in kindergarten through second grade)
Career Wonders (for students in fifth through eighth grade)
Green career opportunities poster (11 by 17 inches)
Job Search Assistance Program for High School Students flyer
Pocket Resume
Reality Check rack card
South Dakota Hot Careers brochure
South Dakota Hot Careers poster (11 by 17 inches)
South Dakota Hot Trends in Healthcare
South Dakota Interest Survey (career interest assessment)
Unlock your career possibilities with free resources from the Department of
Labor and Regulation

Dakota Roots

Brochure
Rack card

Dakota Seeds

Dakota Seeds brochure

Dislocated Workers

Dislocated Worker Program

Economic Data

Labor Market Report for South Dakota (annual publication)
[2007] [2008] [2009] [2010]
Labor Market Report for South Dakota
South Dakota Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - acrhive of annual
summaries
South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin (electronic)

Employer Services

Avoiding Discrimination
Business Resource Center bookmark (for Rapid City DLR office)
Business Services brochure
DOL Employer Newsletter (October 2009)
Department of Labor and Regulation Newsletter (April 2013)
Federal posting requirements ("Six in One" posters) - Contact your local South
Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation office
SDWORKS rack card for employers
Safety Poster
Sample Sexual Harassment Policy
Small Business Workshops - agenda or brochure
Template for Employee Manual (Microsoft Word format)
Unemployment posting

Please also see Workforce Training publications available.

Employment Programs

South Dakota Disability Employment Initiative rack card (for services covering Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and Pennington counties)

GED

Interpreting GED® Test Results
State Policy 2009

Human Rights

Avoiding Discrimination
Guide for Attorneys
Guide for Respondents
Housing
Housing (Spanish)
Human Rights
Human Rights (Spanish)
Pre-Employment Inquiry Guide
Pre-Employment Inquiry Guide (Spanish)
Sample Sexual Harassment Policy
Sexual Harassment brochure
Sexual Harassment (Spanish)
Your Guide to Making a Discrimination Charge

Insurance Regulation

Newsletter

Jobseeker Services

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rights poster
Job Search Assistance Program for High School Students flyer
Job Seeker Services brochure
Pocket Resume
SDWORKS for job seekers rack card

see also Career Planning

Bookmark of Internet Addresses for Career & Labor Market Information
Order Labor Market Information Center publications online
Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages
South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin (electronic)
South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin flyer
South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin postcard

National Career Readiness Certificates (NCRC™)

National Career Readiness Certificates - general flier
"Stand Up for a Skilled Workforce" brochure (for employers)
"Stand Out from the Crowd" brochure (for job seekers)
NCRC - "Core Assessments for Certification" booklet
New! NCRC You Tube video

Newsletters

Cosmetology Info 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Dakota Roots E-newsletter Fall 2007
DOL Employer Newsletter (October 2009)
e-Labor Bulletin
Insurance newsletter
Real Estate View
South Dakota Board of Technical Professions 2005 2006 2007
South Dakota Board of Accountancy
April 05 October 05 Spr/Sum 06 January 07
July 07 February 08 July 08 February 09
South Dakota Works
UI News December 07 March 08

Posting Requirements

State-required postings

Safety on the Job posting
Unemployment posting

Federal-required postings

Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 [English] [Espanol]
Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage) [English] [Espanol] [Chinese]
Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law (To request a poster in
Enligh, Spanish, Arabic or Chinese from the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission)
Job Safety and Health Protection (OSHA) [English] [Espanol]
[Polish]
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) [English] [Espanol]
Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USERRA) [English]

A labor law compliance poster which addresses all of these federal posting requirements (sometimes referred to as a "six in one poster") is available at no charge from your local South Dakota Department of Labor office.

You may also find helpful the elaws® - FirstStep Employment Law Advisor on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) website, designed to help employers determine which federal employment laws administered by DOL apply to their business or organization, what recordkeeping and reporting requirements they must comply with, and which posters they need to post.