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§ 62-4-54 Determining usual and customary line of employment.

SD Codified L § 62-4-54 (2019) (N/A)
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62-4-54. Determining usual and customary line of employment. Usual and customary line of employment is to be determined by evaluation of the following factors:

(1) The skills or abilities of the person;

(2) The length of time the person spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of the injury;

(3) The proportion of time the person has spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of injury when compared to the employee's entire working career; and

(4) The duties and responsibilities of the person at the workplace. It is not limited by the position held at the time of the injury.Source: SL 1994, ch 396, § 10.

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