S.D. Codified Laws § 60-11-7

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 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.

SDCL 60-11-7

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