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§ 60-11-7 — Liability of employer for double damages for breach of obligation to pay wages.

South Dakota § 60-11-7
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 60LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Ch. 60-9AWAGES, HOURS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

This text of South Dakota § 60-11-7 (Liability of employer for double damages for breach of obligation to pay wages.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 60-11-7 (2026).

Text

In any action for the breach of an obligation to pay wages, if a private employer has been oppressive, fraudulent, or malicious, in the employer's refusal to pay wages due to the employee, the measure of damages is double the amount of wages for which the employer is liable.

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Legislative History

SDC Supp 1960, ch 37.19 as added by SL 1968, ch 153; SL 2008, ch 276, § 80.

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Obstructing entrance to premises--Interference with use of public way--Unlawful picketing--Misdemeanor.
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