S.D. Codified Laws § 61-5-55

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 61-5-55 - Employee's agreement to pay employer's contributions void- Deduction from wages prohibited-Violation as misdemeanor

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.

SDCL 61-5-55

SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 15 (a); SDC 1939, §§ 17.0840, 17.9905; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2; SL 2008, ch 277, §95; SDCL § 61-5-36; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.