An employee is a person who is employed to render personal service to an employer otherwise than in the pursuit of an independent calling, and who in such service remains entirely under the control and direction of the employer.
S.D. Codified Laws § 60-1-1
Employee defined
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Alexander v. Avera St. Luke's Hospital (2014)
Most recently applied in Alexander v. Avera St. Luke's Hospital (September 2014)
Source: CivC 1877, § 1157; CL 1887, § 3780; RCivC 1903, § 1476; RC 1919, § 1100; SDC 1939, § 17.0501; SL 2008, ch 276, § 5.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.