Virtually all employers are covered by the South Dakota Unemployment Compensation Law (SD Cod. Laws Sec. 61-1-1et seq.) and are, therefore, subject to the state unemployment insurance tax. Covered employers include:
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• Anyone who acquired a business of a covered employer
• Agricultural employers who, in the current or preceding calendar year, either paid $20,000 for such labor in any quarter or employed 10 or more people in each of 20 different weeks
• Employers of domestic servants if they paid $1,000 or more in any quarter in the current or preceding calendar year
• The state of South Dakota and its political subdivisions
• Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status having four or more employees in each of 20 different weeks in the current or preceding calendar year
• Employers subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)
• Certain employers that elect to be covered
• Tribal units, which include subdivisions, subsidiaries, or business enterprises owned by an Indian tribe
Employment not covered includes services performed:
• For a spouse or child, or for a parent in the case of a child under the age of 21
• By students enrolled in a nonprofit or public educational institution work-study program
• By elected officials and judges or people in policy-making positions who work no more than eight hours per week
• By members of the state National Guard
• For a hospital by a patient, student nurse, or intern
• As a temporary employee hired during emergencies
• In the employ of a church, convention ...