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South Dakota Unemployment Insurance Law

May 23rd, 2004 Posted by Nicole

I am very impressed with the South Dakota Department of Labor Web site. When I was looking up the basic principles in the South Dakota Unemployment Insurance law, the Web site answered all of my questions and served as a great resource.

Basically, this is what I found out about the South Dakota Unemployment Insurance Law:
In South Dakota, employees are entitled to unemployment insurance when they lose their jobs. Unemployment insurance is paid by the employer for the employees. The insurance basically provides financial assistance for employees that have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. For example, if an employee is laid off, or if a company closes, the employer will have paid unemployment insurance that will accommodate that employee until he or she finds alternative employment. Thus, workers do not have to contribute to the unemployment insurance plan in order to receive the benefits of it.

If an employee does collect unemployment insurance benefits, the employee has to prove that he or she is without employment through no fault of his or her own. Additionally, the employee must actively seek employment. He or she must file a report weekly, stating which jobs he or she applied to and the outcome of those applications. If the employee is offered a position that he or she then declines, then the employee must have a good reason.

If the employee finds part time work, then there are still some assistance benefits that can be provided by the unemployment insurance. The important thing to note is that unemployment insurance will not last forever and can only be used by individuals that are actively seeking employment. There is also a cap on the amount of money that can be received through unemployment insurance each week and, in most cases, this amount of money one can make is much greater when a person if fully employed.