<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-6D-22 - Grievance for retaliation against whistleblower. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2032834Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2032834SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032834CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2032834Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2032834DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032834000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032834SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2032834SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2032834Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-6D-22"><span class="s2032834SENU">3-6D-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032834SENU">. </span><span class="s2032834CL">Grievance for retaliation against whistleblower.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032834Normal-000000"><span class="s2032834DefaultParagraphFont">A civil service employee may file a grievance with the commission if the employee believes that there has been retaliation because of reporting a violation of state law through the chain of command of the employee's agency, to the attorney general's office, the State Government Accountability Board, or because the employee has filed a suggestion pursuant to this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032834Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032834000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2032834Normal"><span class="s2032834SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2032834SCL-000002"> SL 2012, ch 23, § 59; SL 2017, ch 32, § 12; SL 2019, ch 21, § 44.</span></p></div></body></html>