<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 62-4-3 - Amount of temporary total disability compensation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078201Normal { 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.s2078201SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078201Normal-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.s2078201DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078201SENU">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201SENU">. </span><span class="s2078201CL">Amount of temporary total disability compensation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal-000000"><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">The amount of temporary total disability compensation paid to an employee for an injury is equal to sixty</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">six and two</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">thirds percent of the employee's earnings, but not more than one hundred percent computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar of the average weekly wage in the state as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3.1"><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont"> per week and not less than one</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">half of the foregoing percentages of the average weekly wage of the state per week. However, if an employee earned less than fifty percent of the maximum allowable amount per week, the amount of compensation may not exceed one hundred percent of the employee's earnings calculated after the earnings have been reduced by any deduction for federal or state taxes, or both, and for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act made from such employee's total wages received during the period of calculation of the employee's earnings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal"><span class="s2078201SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 64.0403(1); SL 1939, ch 297, § 2; SL 1947, ch 424, § 2; SL 1949, ch 443; SL 1953, ch 486, § 1; SL 1957, ch 494, § 1; SL 1959, ch 457, § 1; SL 1963, ch 460, § 1; SL 1966, ch 264, § 1; SL 1968, ch 268; SL 1970, ch 278; SL 1971, ch 281; SL 1972, ch 271; SL 1973, ch 309, § 1; SL 1976, ch 322, § 1; SL 1978, ch 370, § 5; SL 1984, ch 341; SL 1996, ch 307, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4-3 - Amount of temporary total disability compensation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078202Normal { 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.s2078202SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078202Normal-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.s2078202DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202SCL-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="s2078202Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3.1"><span class="s2078202SENU">62-4-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202SENU">. </span><span class="s2078202CL">Annual computation of average weekly wage in state--Period for which applied.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078202Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">For the purpose of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont"> the average weekly wage in the state shall be determined by the Department of Labor and Regulation as follows: On or before June first of each year, the total wages reported on contribution reports to the agency administering the Employment Security Act for the preceding calendar year shall be divided by the average monthly number of insured workers (determined by dividing the total insured workers reported for the preceding year by twelve). The average annual wage thus obtained shall be divided by fifty-two and the average weekly wage thus determined rounded to the nearest cent. The average weekly wage so determined shall apply to injuries and disablements in the case of disease which occur within the fiscal year commencing July first following the June first determination and shall be applicable for the full period during which weekly benefits are payable, except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-7-33"><span class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">62-7-33</span></a><span class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078202Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078202Normal"><span class="s2078202SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202SCL-000002"> SL 1973, ch 309, § 2; SL 1981, ch 373; SL 1993, ch 383, § 2; 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="s2078202SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078202SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html>