61-1-3. Employing unit defined.
As used in this title, the term, employing unit, means an individual or type of organization, including any partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has had in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state. Each individual performing services within this state for any employing unit which maintains two or more separate establishments within this state is deemed to be employed by a single employing unit for all the purposes of this title. Each individual employed to perform or to assist in performing the work of any agent or employee of an employing unit is deemed to be employed by the employing unit for all the purposes of this title, whether the individual was hired or paid directly by the employing unit or by the agent or employee, if the employing unit had actual or constructive knowledge of the work.
For purposes of this title, an employing unit includes a common paymaster. As used in this section, the term, common paymaster, means a business entity that disburses remuneration to employees of two or more business entities on behalf of the other business entities and is responsible for keeping books and records for the payroll with respect to the employees. The amount disbursed to an individual employed concurrently by two or more related business entities is determined by 26 U.S.C. §3306(p) as of January 1, 2022. The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to determine when a common paymaster relationship exists between business entities.
Source: SDC 1939, §17.0802 (5); SL 1939, ch. 85; SL 1943, ch 77, §1; SL 1994, ch 351, §166; SL 2008, ch 277, §2; SL 2022, ch 189, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance
Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions
Section 61-1-1 - Definition of terms.
Section 61-1-2 - Department to administer title.
Section 61-1-3 - Employing unit defined.
Section 61-1-4 - Employer defined.
Section 61-1-5 - Successor employers subject to coverage.
Section 61-1-5.1 - Combined payrolls of predecessor and successor qualifying for coverage.
Section 61-1-6 - Employer subject to coverage by addition of another employing unit.
Section 61-1-7 - Extension of coverage to employment taxed under federal law.
Section 61-1-8 - Required coverage continues until terminated by law.
Section 61-1-9 - Elective coverage continues for period of election.
Section 61-1-10 - Employment defined.
Section 61-1-11 - Employee and independent contractor distinguished.
Section 61-1-12 - Agent-drivers, commission-drivers, and salesmen included.
Section 61-1-13 - Employment by state or instrumentalities included.
Section 61-1-15 - Employment by religious, charitable, educational, or other organization included.
Section 61-1-17 - Agricultural labor included--Criteria.
Section 61-1-18 - Services included within agricultural labor.
Section 61-1-19 - Certain domestic service included.
Section 61-1-20 - Foreign service for employer with principal place of business in state included.
Section 61-1-22 - Foreign service for employer resident in state included.
Section 61-1-23 - Elective coverage of foreign service.
Section 61-1-24 - American employer defined.
Section 61-1-25 - Crew members of American vessels included.
Section 61-1-27 - Service considered within state--Services in more than one state.
Section 61-1-28 - Services within state not covered by any other compensation law.
Section 61-1-30 - Service outside state controlled from within state.
Section 61-1-33 - Employment exempt under Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
Section 61-1-34 - Foreign government service exempt.
Section 61-1-35 - Instrumentalities of foreign governments exempt.
Section 61-1-36 - Exempt employment by churches, institutions and state.
Section 61-1-38 - Student nurses, interns, and hospital patients exempt.
Section 61-1-39 - Newspaper delivery by minors exempt.
Section 61-1-41 - Insurance agents and solicitors exempt.
Section 61-1-44 - Employment by close relative exempt.
Section 61-1-45 - Coverage determined by nature of employment for major part of pay period.
Section 61-1-46 - Wages defined--Maximum annual wages subject to coverage.
Section 61-1-47 - National Guard weekend training payments not deemed wages.
Section 61-1-48 - Employer's contributions to certain plans not deemed wages.
Section 61-1-49 - Social security tax payments not deemed wages.
Section 61-1-50 - Dismissal payments not deemed wages.
Section 61-1-51 - Week of unemployment defined.
Section 61-1-52 - Registration at employment office required to commence week of unemployment.
Section 61-1-53 - Rules covering temporary or partial employment.
Section 61-1-54 - Rules covering seasonal employment.
Section 61-1-55 - Title inoperative if federal tax inoperative--Disposition of unobligated funds.