<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 61-3-5 - Reports and communications privileged in actions for defamation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077824Normal { 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.s2077824SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077824CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077824Normal-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.s2077824DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077824000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077824SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077824SCL-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="s2077824Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=61-3-5"><span class="s2077824SENU">61-3-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077824SENU">. </span><span class="s2077824CL">Reports and communications privileged in actions for defamation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077824Normal-000000"><span class="s2077824DefaultParagraphFont">No letter, report, communication, or other matter, whether oral or written, from the employer, the employer's agents, representatives or employees, to each other or to the secretary of labor and regulation, the secretary's agents, representatives or employees, which have been written or made in connection with the requirements and administration of this title or any rules promulgated pursuant to this title, may be made subject matter or basis for any action, whether civil or criminal, for slander or libel.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077824Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077824000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077824Normal"><span class="s2077824SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077824SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 17.0814 as added by SL 1943, ch 80; SL 1993, ch 375, § 23; SL 2008, ch 277, § 50; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2077824SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2077824SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html>