Section 61-6-16 - Factors considered in determining suitability of offered employment. - South Dakota Statutes

61-6-16. Factors considered in determining suitability of offered employment. In determining whether or not any work is suitable for an individual, the department shall consider the degree of risk involved to the individual's health, safety, and morals, the individual's physical fitness and prior training, the individual's experience and prior earnings, the individual's length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in the individual's customary occupation, and the distance of the available work from the individual's residence.

Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 5; SDC 1939, § 17.0830 (3) (a); SL 1939, ch 89; SL 1943, ch 84; SL 1955, ch 62; SL 2008, ch 277, § 125.