For each individual who is unemployed in any week, as defined in §§ 61-1-51 to 61-1-54, inclusive, benefits with respect to that week are paid in an amount determined by § 61-6-2. A benefit amount that is not a multiple of one dollar, is computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar. However, the benefit paid is reduced by seventy-five percent of the amount by which the wages or earnings exceed twenty-five dollars per week, and no benefit payment is made if the wages or earnings equal or exceed the weekly benefit amount.

Ask an employment law question, get an answer ASAP!
Thousands of highly rated, verified employment lawyers
Specialties include: Employment Law, EEOC, Pension and Compensation, Harassment Law, Discrimination Law, Termination Law, General Legal and more.
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Source: SDC 1939, § 17.0828 (3) (b) as added by SL 1939, ch 86, § 5; SDC 1939, § 17.0828 (3) as enacted by SL 1941, ch 83, § 7; SL 1943, ch 82, § 1; SL 1947, ch 90, § 1; SL 1951, ch 97, § 1; SL 1953, ch 76, § 5; SL 1957, ch 88, § 3; SL 1963, ch 122, § 2; SL 1979, ch 348, § 2A; SL 1983, ch 379, § 2; SL 1984, ch 333, § 2; SL 1990, ch 414, § 1; SDCL § 61-6-1; SL 2012, ch 252, § 59.