South Dakota Statutes
§ 60-11-7 — Liability of employer for double damages for breach of obligation to pay wages.
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.
Nearby Sections
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§ 60-1-1
Employee defined.§ 60-1-2
Contract of employment defined.§ 60-10-13
Repealed by SL 1989, ch 445, § 4.§ 60-10-14
Repealed by SL 1978, ch 359, § 3.