3-6C-4. Vacation leave--Accrual and accumulation--Advanced leave.
Each permanent employee shall earn up to one hundred twenty hours vacation leave per full year of employment. A permanent employee with more than fifteen years employment shall earn up to one hundred sixty hours vacation leave per full year of employment. Vacation leave shall be accrued on an hourly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly basis as determined by the human resources commissioner. Vacation leave is cumulative only to the extent of that which may be earned in a period of time not exceeding two years of regular and continuous state employment. Vacation leave may not be advanced to an employee at any time.
Source: SL 2012, ch 23, §15; SL 2019, ch 21, §4; SL 2020, ch 17, § 1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 3 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 06C - State Employment General Provisions
Section 3-6C-1 - Definition of terms in chapters 3-6C to 3-6F.
Section 3-6C-2 - Human resources functions of bureau--Delegation.
Section 3-6C-3 - Temporary, patient, and student employees' holiday compensation.
Section 3-6C-4 - Vacation leave--Accrual and accumulation--Advanced leave.
Section 3-6C-6 - Vacation on retirement or resignation--Lump-sum payment option--Payment upon death.
Section 3-6C-7.1 - Paid family leave.
Section 3-6C-8 - Accrual of leave while receiving workers' compensation.
Section 3-6C-9 - Advanced sick leave.
Section 3-6C-10 - Workers' compensation not payable while on vacation or sick leave.
Section 3-6C-11 - Use of sick pay or vacation pay to supplement workers' compensation.
Section 3-6C-12 - Payment for accrued unused sick leave on termination of employment.
Section 3-6C-13 - Donation of accrued vested leave to another employee--Approval by bureau.
Section 3-6C-14 - Restrictions on donation of leave.
Section 3-6C-17 - Leave of absence without pay.
Section 3-6C-18 - Leave and other benefits--Promulgation of rules.
Section 3-6C-19 - Freedom of speech of officers and employees--Restrictive rules prohibited.
Section 3-6C-20 - Holiday benefit eligibility.
Section 3-6C-21 - Leave from work for American Red Cross disaster service volunteers.
Section 3-6C-22 - Disaster service not to affect other benefits.
Section 3-6C-24 - Personnel records.
Section 3-6C-25 - Student intern preference to South Dakota residents or students.