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SD Codified L § 61-6-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-15 - Benefits not payable for unemployment due to labor dispute--Exceptions.

61-6-15. Benefits not payable for unemployment due to labor dispute--Exceptions.An individual is not entitled to any benefits for any week with respect to which the secretary finds that the individual's total or partial unemployment is due to a labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed. However, this section does not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the department that:(1)The individual is not participating in or financing or directly interested in the labor dispute; and(2)The individual does not belong to a grade or class of workers of which, immediately before the commencement of the dispute, there were members employed at the premises at which the dispute occurs, any of whom are participating in or financing or directly interested in the dispute;(3)The individual is locked out by the individual's employer.If in any case separate branches of work which are commonly conducted as separate businesses in separate premises are conducted in separate departments of the same premises, each department shall, for the purpose of this section, be considered a separate factory, establishment, or other premises. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §5; SDC 1939, §17.0830(4); SL 1939, ch 89; SL 1943, ch 84; SL 1975, ch 320; SL 1986, ch 424, §4; SL 2008, ch 277, §127; SDCL §61-6-19; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-16 - Failure to seek or accept suitable employment.

61-6-16. Failure to seek or accept suitable employment.If the Department of Labor and Regulation finds that an unemployed individual has failed, without good cause, either to apply for available suitable work when so directed by the department or to accept suitable work when offered to the individual, the claimant shall be denied benefits, including extended benefits, until the individual has been reemployed at least six calendar weeks in insured employment during the individual's current benefit year and earned wages of not less than the individual's weekly benefit amount in each of those six weeks. The department may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for determining suitable work. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §5; SDC 1939, §17.0830 (3); SL 1939, ch 89; SL 1943, ch 84; SL 1947, ch 88, §11; SL 1947, ch 89, §2; SL 1955, ch 62; SL 1971, ch 276, §77; SL 1979, ch 348, §5; SL 1983, ch 22, §14; SL 1993, ch 375, §33; SL 2008, ch 277, §123; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SDCL §61-6-15; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-17 - Factors considered in determining suitability of offered employment.

61-6-17. Factors considered in determining suitability of offered employment.In determining whether or not any work is suitable for an individual, the department shall consider the degree of risk involved to the individual's health, safety, and morals, the individual's physical fitness and prior training, the individual's experience and prior earnings, the individual's length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in the individual's customary occupation, and the distance of the available work from the individual's residence. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §5; SDC 1939, §17.0830 (3) (a); SL 1939, ch 89; SL 1943, ch 84; SL 1955, ch 62; SL 2008, ch 277, §125; SDCL §61-6-16; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-19 - Work deemed unsuitable due to labor dispute, unfavorable working conditions, or requirement as to union membership.

61-6-19. Work deemed unsuitable due to labor dispute, unfavorable working conditions, or requirement as to union membership.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no work is deemed suitable and no benefits may be denied under this title to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions:(1)If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute;(2)If the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality;(3)If, as a condition of being employed, the individual would be required to join or to resign from or refrain from joining any labor organization. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §5; SDC 1939, §17.0830 (3) (b); SL 1939, ch 89; SL 1943, ch 84; SL 1955, ch 62; SL 2008, ch 277, §126; SDCL §61-6-17; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-20 - Student may not receive benefits.

61-6-20. Student may not receive benefits.A person attending a high school, vocational school, college or university is considered principally occupied as a student if school attendance substantially reduces the opportunity for reemployment. A person who is principally occupied as a student may not receive reemployment assistance benefits. Source: SL 1983, ch 22, §19; SDCL §61-6-15.2; SL 2012, ch 252, §59; SL 2019, ch 216, §15.
SD Codified L § 61-6-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-21 - Benefits payable to individual in approved training program--Rules establishing conditions for approval of training.

61-6-21. Benefits payable to individual in approved training program--Rules establishing conditions for approval of training.Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, no otherwise eligible individual may be denied benefits for any week because the individual is in training with the approval of the department, nor may any such individual be denied benefits with respect to any week in which the individual is in training with the approval of the department by reason of the application of provisions in §61-6-1 relating to availability for work, or the provisions of §61-6-16 relating to failure to apply for, or to accept, suitable work. The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 establishing the conditions for approval of training. Source: SL 1971, ch 276, §78; SL 1993, ch 375, §34; SL 2008, ch 277, §124; SDCL §61-6-15.1; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-23 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-23 - Benefits for individuals seeking only part-time work.

61-6-23. Benefits for individuals seeking only part-time work.No individual may be denied regular benefits based on availability for work pursuant to subdivision 61-6-1(3), actively seeking work pursuant to rules promulgated pursuant to §61-6-1, or refusal to accept work pursuant to §61-6-16, solely because the individual is seeking only part-time work, if the department determines that a majority of the weeks of work in the individual's base period were for less than full-time work. For purposes of this section, seeking only part-time work, means seeking work that has comparable hours to the individual's part-time work experience in the individual's base period. Source: SL 2010, ch 248, §1; SDCL §61-6-15.4; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-24 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-24 - Benefits based on employment by state or instrumentalities or by religious, charitable, or educational organization--Exception.

61-6-24. Benefits based on employment by state or instrumentalities or by religious, charitable, or educational organization--Exception.Benefits based on service in employment defined in §§61-1-13 and 61-1-15 shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service subject to this chapter. However, with respect to service performed in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution, no benefits may be paid based on the services for any week of unemployment commencing during the period between two successive academic years, or during a similar period between two regular but not successive terms or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's contract, to any individual if the individual performs the services in the first of the academic years or terms and if there is a contract or a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform services in any such capacity for any educational institution in the second of the academic years or terms. Source: SL 1977, ch 420, §31; SL 2008, ch 277, §108; SDCL §61-6-1.2; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-25 - Benefits not paid employees of educational institutions for services between successive academic years--Grounds for retroactive payments.

61-6-25. Benefits not paid employees of educational institutions for services between successive academic years--Grounds for retroactive payments.With respect to services performed in any other capacity for an educational institution, no benefits may be paid to an individual on the basis of the individual's services for any week that commences between two successive academic years or terms if the individual performs the services in the first academic year or term and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the second one. If an individual was denied compensation for any week, in accordance with this section, and is not offered an opportunity to perform services for the educational institution in the second academic year or term, that individual is entitled to a retroactive compensation payment for each week that the individual filed a timely claim and was denied compensation solely by reason of this section. Source: SL 1977, ch 420, §32; SL 1983, ch 384, §1; SL 2008, ch 277, §109; SDCL §61-6-1.3; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-26 - Benefits not paid for established vacation period or holiday recess preceded and followed by insured work.

61-6-26. Benefits not paid for established vacation period or holiday recess preceded and followed by insured work.No benefits authorized by §61-6-24 or 61-6-25 may be paid to an individual for any week which commences during an established and customary vacation period or a holiday recess if the individual performed insured work in the period immediately preceding the period or recess and there is reasonable assurance that the individual will perform insured work in the period immediately following the period or recess. Source: SL 1979, ch 348, §12; SL 1991, ch 414, §4; SL 2008, ch 277, §112; SDCL §61-6-1.6; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-28 - Application of provisions as to periods between academic years, sabbatical leaves, and vacation and holiday periods to certain employment.

61-6-28. Application of provisions as to periods between academic years, sabbatical leaves, and vacation and holiday periods to certain employment.The provisions of §§61-6-24 to 61-6-26, inclusive, apply to benefits based on service performed in an education institution while in the employ of an education service agency and to benefits based on service in employment defined in §§61-1-13 and 61-1-15 provided to or on behalf of an education institution. Source: SDCL §61-6-1 as added by SL 1984, ch 333, §2; SDCL §61-6-1.7; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-29 - Employee working for an employer under contract with a public or private school.

61-6-29. Employee working for an employer under contract with a public or private school.Benefits based upon services performed for an employer are subject to §§61-6-24 and 61-6-25 if:(1)The employment was provided pursuant to a contract between the employer and a public or private school;(2)The contract was for services which the public or private school could have had performed by its employees; and(3)The individual is notified in writing of the provisions of this section while employed in 1994 or prior to the commencement of employment. Source: SL 1994, ch 393; SDCL §61-6-46; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-30 - Benefits not paid for participation in sports or athletic events between successive seasons.

61-6-30. Benefits not paid for participation in sports or athletic events between successive seasons.No benefits may be paid to any individual on the basis of any services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, for any week which commences during the period between two successive sport seasons or similar periods if the individual performed the services in the first of the seasons or similar periods and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the later of the seasons or similar periods. Source: SL 1977, ch 420, §33; SL 2008, ch 277, §110; SDCL §61-6-1.4; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-33 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-33 - Federal school employees not disqualified.

61-6-33. Federal school employees not disqualified.The exception in §§61-6-24 and 61-6-25 that disqualifies an individual because the individual performs services in an educational institution does not disqualify an individual who is in the employ of an elementary or secondary school operated by the federal government or an agency of the federal government. Source: SL 1990, ch 415, §1; SDCL §61-6-1.9; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-34 - Benefits not paid to aliens--Exceptions--Determination of alien status.

61-6-34. Benefits not paid to aliens--Exceptions--Determination of alien status.No benefits may be paid on the basis of services performed by an alien unless the alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time the services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing the services, or was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time the service was performed, including an alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of section 203(a)(7) or section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended as of January 1, 1990. Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits. In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to the individual are not payable because of the individual's alien status may be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence. Source: SL 1977, ch 420, §34; SL 1990, ch 414, §2; SL 2008, ch 277, §111; SDCL §61-6-1.5; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-35 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-35 - Benefits not payable for week in which other compensation received.

61-6-35. Benefits not payable for week in which other compensation received.No individual is entitled to any benefits for a week for which the individual is receiving, has received, or will receive remuneration in the form of:(1)Termination, vacation, holiday, severance, or dismissal payments or wages in lieu of notice whether legally required or not. However, in the case of lump sum termination, vacation, holiday, severance, or dismissal payments, the lump sum payment shall be allocated over a period of weeks equal to the lump sum divided by the employee's regular pay while employed. However, the payment shall be applied for a period of weeks immediately following the last day of work. Payments made to an individual based entirely on the individual's contributions to a fund from which the payments are made are not vacation pay;(2)Compensation for temporary partial disability under the workers' compensation law of any state or under a similar law of the United States; or(3)The prorated weekly amount of any pension, annuity or retirement payment including disability pension payments, based on the previous work of the individual. This subdivision applies only to payments made under a plan contributed to by a base period employer. This does not apply to payments made under Title II of the Social Security Act or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, to military service-connected disability payments or to that part, if any, of a pension, annuity or retirement payment that is attributable to contributions of the individual.If the remuneration is less than the benefits which would otherwise be due under this chapter, the individual shall receive for the week, if otherwise eligible, benefits reduced by the amount of the remuneration. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §5; SDC 1939, §17.0830 (5); SL 1939, ch 89; SL 1943, ch 84; SL 1951, ch 94, §10; SL 1978, ch 369; SL 1979, ch 348, §9; SL 1980, ch 363, §1; SL 1981, ch 371, §4; SL 1983, ch 22, §15; SL 1983, ch 385; SL 1986, ch 424, §5; SL 1990, ch 414, §3; SL 2006, ch 269, §1; SDCL §61-6-20; SL 2012, ch 252, §§57, 59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-36 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-36 - Benefits prohibited in more than one benefit year as the result of one separation from work.

61-6-36. Benefits prohibited in more than one benefit year as the result of one separation from work.The wage credits of an individual earned in employment with base period employers during the period commencing with the end of the base period and ending on the date on which the individual filed a valid claim are not available for benefit purposes in a subsequent benefit year unless, in addition thereto, the individual has earned wages in insured employment, since the establishment of the individual's previous benefit year, in an amount equivalent to at least four times the individual's current weekly benefit amount. A claim filed sufficiently in advance of anticipated unemployment to make the limitations of this section ineffective is invalid. It is the purpose of this section to prevent any individual from receiving benefits in more than one benefit year as the result of one separation from work. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0829 (7) as added by SL 1961, ch 108; SL 1988, ch 415; SL 2008, ch 277, §119; SDCL §61-6-9; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-6-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-37 - Benefits not payable when benefits sought under other unemployment compensation law--Determination of ineligibility under other law.

61-6-37. Benefits not payable when benefits sought under other unemployment compensation law--Determination of ineligibility under other law.An individual is not entitled to any benefits for any week with respect to which or a part of which the individual has received or is seeking reemployment assistance under a reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation law of another state or of the United States. However, if the appropriate agency of the other state or of the United States finally determines that the individual is not entitled to the reemployment assistance benefits, this disqualification does not apply. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0830 (6) as added by SL 1939, ch 87, §7; SDC 1939, §17.0830 (7) as enacted by SL 1943, ch 84; SL 2008, ch 277, §128; SDCL §61-6-21; SL 2012, ch 252, §59; SL 2019, ch 216, §16.
SD Codified L § 61-6-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-38 - Misrepresentation to increase benefits unlawful.

61-6-38. Misrepresentation to increase benefits unlawful.It is unlawful for any person to make a false statement or representation knowing it to be false or knowingly fail to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefits or other payments under this title, or under an unemployment insurance law of another state, of the federal government, or of a foreign government, either for the person, or any other person, or knowingly fail to report any change in circumstances which would affect the person's eligibility for reemployment assistance benefits or payments. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §16 (a); SDC 1939, §17.9907; SL 1951, ch 98; SL 1978, ch 359, §2; SL 1979, ch 348, §10; SL 2008, ch 277, §131; SDCL §61-6-24; SL 2012, ch 252, §59; SL 2019, ch 216, §17.
SD Codified L § 61-6-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-39 - Denial of benefits from discovery of misrepresentation--Penalties.

61-6-39. Denial of benefits from discovery of misrepresentation--Penalties.Any individual who has willfully or fraudulently misrepresented any fact to secure or increase benefits under this title shall be denied benefits for weeks of otherwise compensable unemployment, as defined in this chapter from and after the date such misrepresentation or fraudulent act is discovered in accordance with rules promulgated by the department pursuant to chapter 1-26. In addition to any penalty imposed under this title, the department shall impose a penalty equal to fifty percent of the amount of benefits obtained by willful or fraudulent misrepresentation for the first offense and a penalty equal to one hundred percent of the amount of benefits for each subsequent offense. Any penalty collected shall be paid into the unemployment trust fund. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0830 (8) as added by SL 1953, ch 76, §7; SL 1993, ch 375, §35; SDCL §61-6-22; SL 2012, ch 252, §59; SL 2013, ch 258, §1.
SD Codified L § 61-6-40 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 06 - Reemployment Assistance Benefits|Section 61-6-40 - Obtaining or attempting to obtain benefits by misrepresentation as misdemeanor or felony--Aggregation of benefits obtained to determine degree of offense.

61-6-40. Obtaining or attempting to obtain benefits by misrepresentation as misdemeanor or felony--Aggregation of benefits obtained to determine degree of offense.A person who attempts to obtain benefits or payments in violation of §61-6-38, but does not obtain any benefits or payments, or a person who violates §61-6-38 and obtains benefits or payments in an amount of two hundred dollars or less, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person who violates §61-6-38 and obtains benefits or payments of more than two hundred dollars is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Benefits or payments obtained during the course of a twelve month period are aggregated in determining the degree of the offense. Source: SL 1979, ch 348, §11; SDCL §61-6-24.1; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.