South Dakota
For South Dakota, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is Not mandated; key differences is South Dakota does not legally require employers to carry workers' compensation insurance. Coverage is strongly recommended, because going without it removes the legal protections the system provides and exposes the business to lawsuits; coverage / scope is n/a, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- South Dakota verified
- Law category
- workers compensation our reading
- State threshold
- Not mandated verified
- Key differences
- South Dakota does not legally require employers to carry workers' compensation insurance. Coverage is strongly recommended, because going without it removes the legal protections the system provides and exposes the business to lawsuits.
- Coverage / scope
- n/a verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
<https://www.workcompone.com/coverage-by-state/south-dakota/> South Dakota | Not mandated | n/a |
— workcompone.com, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- workcompone.comhttps://www.workcompone.com/blog/minimum-number-of-employees-for-workers-comp-in-every-u-s-state/