A civil service employee may file a grievance with the commission if the employee believes that there has been retaliation because of reporting a violation of state law through the chain of command of the employee's agency, to the attorney general's office, the State Government Accountability Board, or because the employee has filed a suggestion pursuant to this section.
S.D. Codified Laws § 3-6D-22
Grievance for retaliation against whistleblower
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hallberg v. S.D. Board of Regents (2019)
Most recently applied in Hallberg v. S.D. Board of Regents (December 2019)
Source: SL 2012, ch 23, § 59; SL 2017, ch 32, § 12; SL 2019, ch 21, § 44.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.