60-2-4. Service with ordinary care and diligence.
Any person who agrees to serve another for a good consideration shall perform the service with ordinary care and diligence so long as employed.
Source: CivC 1877, §1135; CL 1887, §3758; RCivC 1903, §1454; RC 1919, §1078; SDC 1939, §17.0303; SL 2008, ch 276, §9.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 60 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 02 - Obligations Of Employer And Employee
Section 60-2-1 - Indemnification of employee by employer--Exceptions.
Section 60-2-2 - Losses for which employer not required to indemnify employee.
Section 60-2-3 - Employer to indemnify for his own negligence.
Section 60-2-4 - Service with ordinary care and diligence.
Section 60-2-5 - Duties of employee for his own benefit.
Section 60-2-6 - Contract for service limited to two years.
Section 60-2-7 - Obedience to employer required--Exceptions.
Section 60-2-8 - Duty of employee to conform to usage--Exception.
Section 60-2-9 - Degree of skill required of employee.
Section 60-2-10 - Products of employment belong to employer--Exception.
Section 60-2-11 - Duty of employee to account.
Section 60-2-12 - Employee not bound to deliver without demand.
Section 60-2-13 - Preference to employer's business.
Section 60-2-14 - Preference between employers according to urgency.
Section 60-2-15 - Responsibility of employee for substitute.
Section 60-2-16 - Responsibility to employer for misconduct.
Section 60-2-17 - Duty of surviving employee.
Section 60-2-18 - Day's labor defined.
Section 60-2-19 - Duty of employee to deliver things received.