60-11-3.2. Annual minimum wage adjustment.
Beginning January 1, 2016, and again on January 1 of each year thereafter, the minimum wage provided by §60-11-3 shall be adjusted by the increase, if any, in the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living shall be measured by the percentage increase as of August of the immediately preceding year over the level as measured as of August of the previous year of the Consumer Price Index (all urban consumers, U.S. city average for all items) or its successor index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor or its successor agency, with the amount of the minimum wage increase, if any, rounded up to the nearest five cents. In no case shall the minimum wage be decreased. The Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation or its designee shall publish the adjusted minimum wage rate for the forthcoming year on its internet home page by October 15 of each year, and it shall become effective on January 1 of the forthcoming year.
Source: SL 2015, ch 279 (Initiated Measure 18), §3, eff. Nov. 13, 2014.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 60 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 11 - Wages, Hours And Conditions Of Employment
Section 60-11-1 - Manufacturing or mechanical occupations--Hours of labor.
Section 60-11-3 - Minimum wage--Misdemeanor--Certain employees excluded.
Section 60-11-3.2 - Annual minimum wage adjustment.
Section 60-11-4 - Minimum wage--Agreement to work for less ineffective.
Section 60-11-4.1 - Opportunity wage allowed.
Section 60-11-5 - Exemptions from minimum wage provisions.
Section 60-11-7 - Liability of employer for double damages for breach of obligation to pay wages.
Section 60-11-8 - Employers subject to wage payment requirements.
Section 60-11-9 - Monthly wage payments required--Agreed pay day--Form of payment.
Section 60-11-14 - Provisions applicable to cash wages only.
Section 60-11-15 - Employer's intentional refusal to pay wages--Misdemeanor.
Section 60-11-16 - Fraudulent claim by employee--Misdemeanor.
Section 60-11-17.1 - Reprisals because of wage complaints or proceedings prohibited.
Section 60-11-20 - Promulgation of rules.
Section 60-11-21 - Reciprocal agreements with other states for enforcement of wage claims.
Section 60-11-24 - Action removed by defendant--Plaintiff's costs and attorney fees.