No. This is an independent informational guide. Use dlr.sd.gov, SD.gov, RAClaims, SDWORKS and official DLR pages for claims, weekly requests, payments, appeals, employer reports, notices and legal decisions.

The official South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation website is dlr.sd.gov.

The main South Dakota DLR phone number is 605.773.3101, and TTY users can call 711.

South Dakota DLR lists its headquarters at 123 W. Missouri Ave., Pierre, SD 57501.

Yes. This page includes an embedded map for South Dakota DLR direction planning and links to the official Job Service office directory.

Reemployment Assistance is South Dakota’s unemployment-style benefit program for eligible unemployed workers who lost work through no fault of their own and meet state requirements.

File through the official South Dakota Reemployment Assistance Benefits Portal or by telephone through the Claims Call Center.

The South Dakota RA Claims Call Center phone number is 605.626.3179.

DLR lists telephone claim filing through the Claims Call Center Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. Central Time.

The automated phone number for South Dakota weekly request for payment is 605.626.3212.

The claim week runs Sunday through Saturday at midnight. File after the week ends, preferably Sunday or as soon as possible after the Saturday week-ending date.

You have seven days from the end of the week to file the weekly request for the previous week.

Yes. DLR says claimants should file weekly requests even while waiting to find out if they qualify, working and reporting wages, or appealing a denial.

The first eligible weekly request for payment is counted as the waiting week, and claimants are not paid benefits for the waiting week.

Effective July 6, 2025, South Dakota Reemployment Assistance weekly benefit amounts range from $28 to $553 per week.

Most South Dakota workers filing for Reemployment Assistance must actively complete work search activities unless DLR tells them otherwise.

DLR work search guidance says claimants must perform at least two work search activities each week they request benefits unless told otherwise.

Keep business name, contact date, contact information, job title, hiring authority and method of contact for each reported job contact.

DLR states that claimants working reduced hours are required to actively search for work unless DLR has told them otherwise.

Report gross wages, including tips, before taxes and deductions for the calendar week being claimed.

If you work less than full-time and earn less than your weekly benefit amount, you may receive partial benefits if you meet other eligibility requirements.

DLR explains that 75% of earnings over $25 will be deducted from your weekly benefit amount.

You must file an appeal within 15 days of the date the determination was mailed.

No. DLR states that appeals cannot be accepted over the phone or by email; appeals must be written and submitted by an accepted method.

Yes. Continue filing weekly requests for each week you are unemployed during an appeal.

DLR lists the RA Appeals Section fax number as 605.626.2322.

SDWORKS is South Dakota’s online job bank used by job seekers and employers for job search, job postings and workforce connections.

Job Service offices are local DLR offices that help job seekers identify opportunities, prepare for employment and connect with workforce services.

Many local Job Service office pages list 605.773.3372 for appointment or local office contact.

South Dakota minimum wage for non-tipped employees is $11.85 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2026.

South Dakota tipped employee cash wage is $5.925 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2026.

No. The employer must make sure wages plus tips equal at least the current South Dakota minimum wage.

No. South Dakota’s minimum wage is adjusted annually for cost of living, but the minimum wage cannot decrease.

South Dakota DLR’s Division of Labor and Management handles wage and hour and youth employment law questions and complaints.

DLR youth employment pages and labor law publications list 605.773.3681 for youth law questions and related labor law contact.

Children under 16 may not work in dangerous occupations and have limits on school-day hours, school-week hours, non-school hours and late-night work before school days.

Yes. DLR warns that when federal youth employment law is more restrictive than state law, federal law applies.

Newly established and acquired businesses are required to register with the South Dakota Reemployment Assistance Tax Unit, and certain ownership changes require registration within 30 days.

Quarterly reports are due April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31.

DLR wage reporting guidance lists 605.626.2312 for RA Tax Unit report or mail issues.

DLR wage reporting pages list the taxable wage base as $15,000 for 2015 and after, subject to change by the South Dakota Legislature.

South Dakota law requires a workplace posting informing employees about the availability of reemployment assistance, and employers must provide this notice individually at separation.

South Dakota DLR includes workers’ compensation resources, but injury claims should follow the specific workers’ compensation process rather than the RA weekly request system.

Write the issue type, relevant dates, employer name, claim week or report quarter, phone number already called, notice date and the specific action you need.

Do not send Social Security numbers, passwords, full bank details, employer account numbers or private identity documents in normal email unless DLR provides a secure submission method.