Whenever an employer separates an employee from the payroll, the unpaid wages or compensation of such employee are due and payable not later than the next regular stated pay day for which those hours would have normally been paid or as soon thereafter as the employee returns to the employer all property of the employer in the employee's possession.
S.D. Codified Laws § 60-11-10
Prompt payment of wages due on separation by employer--Withholding for return of employer's property
Source: SL 1971, ch 274, § 3; SL 1996, ch 302; SL 1997, ch 299, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.