The term, compensation, for state employees, means total compensation, which includes direct salary and fringe benefits. Fringe benefits includes employer paid retirement programs, social security, health insurance, life insurance, and any other programs offering a benefit to the employee in which the employer participates.
S.D. Codified Laws § 3-8-1.13
Compensation defined
Source: SL 1993, ch 37.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.