<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 61-6-17 - Factors considered in determining suitability of offered employment. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078031Normal { 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.s2078031SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078031CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078031Normal-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.s2078031DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078031000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078031SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078031SCL-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="s2078031Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=61-6-17"><span class="s2078031SENU">61-6-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078031SENU">. </span><span class="s2078031CL">Factors considered in determining suitability of offered employment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078031Normal-000000"><span class="s2078031DefaultParagraphFont">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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078031Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078031000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078031Normal"><span class="s2078031SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078031SCL-000002"> 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; SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=61-6-16"><span class="s2078031SCL-000002">61-6-16</span></a><span class="s2078031SCL-000002">; SL 2012, ch 252, § 59.</span></p></div></body></html>