Section 3-6-8.3 - Payment for accrued unused sick leave on termination of employment--Time andmanner of payment. - South Dakota Statutes

3-6-8.3. Payment for accrued unused sick leave on termination of employment--Time and manner of payment. Every state employee, who has been continuously employed in a permanent position by the State of South Dakota or any department or agency thereof for at least seven years prior to the date of the employee's retirement, voluntary resignation, layoff, termination for inability to perform job functions due to physical disability or death, shall receive payment for one-fourth of the unused leave of absence for sickness which has accrued as of the employee's final day on payroll. The payment may not exceed the sum of four hundred eighty hours. Payment shall be made in a lump sum with the employee's last payroll warrant. Any employee meeting the definition of a participant as set out in subdivision 3-12-166(8) shall have such lump-sum payment transmitted to the fund pursuant to the provisions of § 3-12-169. However, in the case of death of the employee, payment for such accumulated leave of absence for sickness shall be paid as provided under the provisions of §§ 3-8-8 to 3-8-11, inclusive.

Source: SDCL, § 3-6-7 as added by SL 1979, ch 19; SL 1985, ch 20, § 1; SL 1988, ch 29, § 1; SL 2004, ch 43, § 26.