<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:03:07:03 Purpose of the act.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:03:07:03"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:03:07:03 Purpose of the act."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:03:07:03.&nbsp;&nbsp;Purpose of the act.</b>SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=20-13">20-13</A> was enacted to achieve equality of employment opportunities and remove barriers that have operated in the past to favor an identifiable group of employees over other employees. Discriminatory preference for any group, minority or majority, is proscribed.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> SL 1975, ch 16, §&nbsp;1; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b>SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=20-13-27">20-13-27.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b>SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-26-1">1-26-1(7)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=20-13-1">20-13-1(14)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=20-13-10">20-13-10</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=20-13-11">20-13-11</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=20-13-12">20-13-12</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=20-13-13">20-13-13.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>