South Dakota § 3-6C-20 - Holiday benefit eligibility.
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§ 3-6C-20. Holiday benefit eligibility.
Holidays, other than Sundays, enumerated in § 1-5-1, are a benefit for permanent employees including those who are not scheduled to work the day on which a holiday falls. A permanent employee shall receive holiday pay if the employee works at least one shift or is on approved paid leave during the calendar week in which the holiday falls. Part-time permanent employees shall receive prorated holiday pay. For payroll and leave purposes, a holiday on which an employee does not work is no more than eight hours long. When an hourly employee must work on the date a holiday is observed, the holiday pay is the greater of either eight hours or the total hours worked. Holiday pay for an hourly, permanent, part-time employee who must work on the date a holiday is observed is the greater of either the prorated amount or total hours worked.
Source: SL 2012, ch 23, § 31; SL 2019, ch 21, § 19; SL 2022, ch 12, § 1.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3-6C-20 ("Holiday benefit eligibility.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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