§ 3-6D-17 Award of back pay and benefits to employees disciplined without good cause--Reinstatement--Adverse impact on budget.

SD Codified L § 3-6D-17 (2019) (N/A)
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3-6D-17. Award of back pay and benefits to employees disciplined without good cause--Reinstatement--Adverse impact on budget. In resolving a grievance, the commission may reinstate a civil service employee who has been disciplined without good cause. If reinstatement is ordered by the commission, the order shall include one or more of the following forms of relief: an award of back pay, an award of back benefits, placement in the same position and location that the employee held before the discipline, or placement in a comparable position and location that the employee held before the discipline. Any award of back pay and benefits shall include the employer's contribution pursuant to § 3-12C-401. Any award of back pay and benefits which adversely affects an agency's budget shall be considered advisory and submitted by the affected agency to the committee created by chapter 4-8A or the next session of the Legislature.

Source: SL 2012, ch 23, § 54; SL 2012, ch 26, § 16; SL 2019, ch 21, § 39.