South Dakota Statutes
§ 61-5-55 — Employee's agreement to pay employer's contributions void-- Deduction from wages prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
South Dakota § 61-5-55
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 61REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
Ch. 61-4EMPLOYERS' CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 61-5-55 (2026).
Text
Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer's contributions, required under this title from such employer, is void. No employer may directly or indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer's contributions required from the employer. Any employer or officer or agent of an employer who shall directly or indirectly require any contribution from any such person in violation of this section or who shall directly or indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer's contributions required by this title commits a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 15 (a); SDC 1939, §§ 17.0840, 17.9905; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2; SL 2008, ch 277, § 95; SDCL §
Nearby Sections
15
§ 61-1-1
Definition of terms.§ 61-1-10
Employment defined.§ 61-1-10.1
Transferred to §§§ 61-1-10.10
Repealed by SL 1990, ch 415, § 3.§ 61-1-10.11
Repealed by SL 1991, ch 414, § 1.§ 61-1-10.3
Transferred to §§ 61-1-10.4
Transferred to §§ 61-1-10.5
Transferred to §§ 61-1-10.6
Transferred to §§§ 61-1-14
Unemployment compensation funds for political subdivisions permitted--Expenditures from fund.§ 61-1-16
Repealed by SL 1977, ch 420, § 38.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 61-5-55, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/61-5-55.