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Employment Laws
The following links to the many South Dakota Codified Laws and Administrative Rules related to South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation activities are provided as a convenience only. If you do not have a license to practice law in the State of South Dakota, do not attempt to interpret state statutes or administrative rules. The list is also not comprehensive. Do not assume you know all the laws or rules on a subject without consulting an attorney.
The Division of Labor and Management is available to help with questions you may have regarding labor laws and administrative rules.
Division of Labor & Management
South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation
123 W. Missouri Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605.773.3681
Fax: 605.773.4211
e-mail
| Subject | South Dakota Codified Law | Administrative Rules |
| Abstracters' Board of Examiners | 36-13 | 20:36 |
| Countersignature required | 58-25-16 | |
| Rate deviation | 58-25-13 | |
| Accounting | 20:75 | |
| Board | 36-20B (subsections 1-69) | |
| Accountants | 47-13B (subsections 13, 14, 16, 17) | |
| Appraiser Certification Program | 36-21B | ARSD 20:14 |
| Authority for Department | 1-37 (subsections 1-13) | 47:01 |
| Banking, Regulation of | SDCL Title 51A |
ARSD Article 20:07 |
| Banking Commission | SDCL 51A-2 | |
| Barbers | 20:39 | |
| Barber and beauty shops | 64:06:02:07 | |
| Board of Barber Examiners | 36-14 (subsections 1-37.1) | |
| Boards & Commissions | ||
| Hearings and Appeals | 1-26 (subsections 1-41) | |
| Fees | 1-26-6.9 | |
| Cement Plant | 20:16 | |
| Reporting | 1-35-15; 3-6E 14-18 | |
| Child Labor | 60-12 (subsections 1-14) | |
| Civil Suits/Circuit Court Procedures | 15-6 (subsections 1-86) | |
| Civil Service | 9-14 (subsections 1-41) | 55:01 |
| Cosmetology | 36-15 (subsections 1-62) | 20:42 |
| Beauty shops | 64:06:02:07 | |
| Default Student Loan Debtors | 13-56-8 | |
| Electricians | 36-16 (subsections 1-38) | 20:44 |
| Food Stamps (now Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)) |
28-12 (subsections 1-2) | 67:10 |
| Hearing Examiners | 1-26D (subsections 1-12) | |
| Human Rights/Discrimination | 20:03 | |
| Commission & Director | 1-35 (subsections 13-14); 1-37-6 | |
| General | 20-13 (subsections 1-56) | |
| Municipal & County | 20-12 (subsections 1-9) | |
| Insurance, Regulation of | Title 58 | Article 20:06 |
| Labor Unions | ||
| Collective Bargaining | 60-9A (subsections 1-15) | |
| Disputes | 60-10 (subsections 1-16) | |
| General | 60-9 (subsections 1-8) | |
| Public Employees | 3-18 (subsections 1-17) | 47:02 |
| New Hire Directory | 25-7A-3.3 | 67:18:01:64 |
| Plumbing | 36-25 (subsections 1-31) | 20:53 |
| Public Employee Unions | 3-18 (subsections 1-17) | 47:02 |
| Public Officers | 3 (subsections 1-22) | |
| Real Estate Commission | Chapter 36-21A | 20:69:02:03 |
| Securities, Regulation of | 47-31B | 20:08:03 |
| 37-5B | 20:08:04 | |
| 37-25A | 20:08:05 | |
| 20:08:07 | ||
| Sexual Discrimination | 60-12 (subsections 15, 16, 18) | 20:03:09 |
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly Food Stamps) | 28-12 (subsections 1-2) | 67:10 |
| Reemployment Assistance | 61 (subsections 1-7) | 47:06 |
| Technical Professions | 36-18A (subsections 1-75) | 20:38 |
| Unemployment Insurance (see Reemployment Assistance) | ||
| Veterans | ||
| Benefits | 33-17 (subsections 1-40) | |
| License Restoration | 36-1-1 | |
| Public Employment | 3-3 (subsections 1-8) | 55:01:07:02.05 |
| 55:02:16:07 | ||
| Vocational Rehabilitation | 28-9 (subsections 23-44) | 24:05:27:16.01 |
| Wage and Hour | 60 (subsections 1-14) | 47:04 |
| Workers’ Compensation | 62 (subsections 1-9) | 47:03 |