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All employers in the state of South Dakota are required to carry workers' compensation insurance.
Sole-Proprietors and Partners are excluded from coverage, but they can elect to be covered.
Corporate Officers and LLC Members are automatically included in coverage, but they may elect to be exempt.
Some exceptions exist to the mandatory workers' comp requirement. Some of those exceptions include: Domestic Servants who work less than 20 hours per week and for less than 6 weeks in any 13 week period, farm or agriculture labor and certain elected officials of the state or any subdivision of government workfare participants.
An exception exists for independent contractors not in the usual course of the employers trade, business, occupation or profession. Some examples of this would be real estate agents and owner-operators of trucks.
Jury Duty, holiday pay, vacation pay, and sick pay may be excluded from workers' comp premium calculations if detailed records are kept for payroll.
Sole-Proprietors and Partners who include themselves on workers' compensation coverage must use a payroll amount of $53,500 for rating their overall workers' compensation cost in 2024.
Officers and LLC Members who are not excluded from coverage must utilize a minimum annual payroll of $54,600 and a maximum payroll of $213,200 in order to calculate the cost of workers' comp insurance for owners in 2024 and 2025. Wage requirments change each year on 07/01.
The state of South Dakota provides a free online tool for verifying workers' compensation insurance coverage. Anyone can search by business name or FEIN. The results will only show the business name and policy number for employers who have coverage in the state being searched. The information is managed by the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation.
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Workers' compensation is a commercial insurance product categorized as Property & Casualty insurance (P&C Insurance). Even though workers' comp is calculated using estimated payroll wages and class codes, premium is still a separate business expense from the cost of payroll. South Dakota Employers may treat the cost of coverage as an expense on their taxes.
Work comp rates for all job classification codes are always expressed as a percentage of $100 in wages. An annual policy is always subject to an audit because it was based on estimated wages and not actual wages.
Here is an example using two class codes with different estimated payroll for each class code:
In order to calculate the cost of the policy you only need to multiply each rate with its divided payroll. It benefits employers to re-calculate their premium as their payroll becomes larger than originally anticipated.
* Additional premium costs may also include an expenses constant, terrorism charges, catastrophe charges and other state surcharges such as a second injury fund or other state assessment fees.
Every state has their own laws to determine how employees must be covered and how they must be classified for rating premium. A lot of states use state specific class codes and have different requirements for who is obligated to carry workers' compensation insurance.
If you have employees that travel out of state for work, or they work in multiple states throughout the year, you may need to buy a policy for each of the states where your employees are located and working. In most cases, you can cover multiple states on one policy.
Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Dakota can be purchased from private insurance companies authorized by the state to provide coverage. The Assigned Risk Pool, or an alternate State Insurance Fund, is available for businesses that are unable to find coverage from a private company. Our specialists help will help you navigate your best options.
Policy premium is based on numerous factors including: class codes assigned to your business and employees, estimated payroll, covered states, prior policies, owner experience and previous workers compensation claims.
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South Dakota workers' compensation insurance helps pay claim expenses when an employee, or a covered sub-contractor, is injured while working for your business. It also shields your business from other legal liabilities associated with an injured employee. Work comp coverage includes:
Medical Costs
Workers' comp insurance pays for the medical expenses associated with claims or injured workers. The cost of an ER visit, required surgeries and drug prescriptions are some of the covered expenses included under a policy. An employee injured due to a slip and fall would be covered, for example. Coverage for medical benefits can also include longer term expenses such as physical therapy or rehabilitation.
Employee Wages- Income Benefits
Most business owners can't afford to continue paying employees if they are unable to work while they are injured. Workers' comp income benefits in South Dakota will replace most of your employees missing income if they are away from work due to an injury or illness. For example, if a construction employee broke his arm and could not perform the job for 8 weeks, the coverage would make payments to the employee to help replace the lost wages.
Short-Term and Long-Term Disabilities
Sometimes an injury can cause a partial disability or a more permanent disability. Workers' compensation steps in to help pay the cost of ongoing medical bills and may even replace a portion of wages lost due to the disability. If an employee had a finger amputated due to a work related injury. The employee could be paid a sum (known as an Impairment Rating) for the loss of the finger for permanent disability as well as some temporary disability coverage while recuperating.
Occupational Illness
Some types of work environments can include occupational exposures that have unforeseen circumstances. A chemical mixing operation, for example, may expose employees to chemical irritants and cause harmful reactions that make them sick. A workers' comp policy would cover the cost of treating an illness caused while performing the job.
Funeral Expenses
Nearly 50,000 deaths happen at work each year. Many of these are in the construction and trucking industries. A workers' compensation policy is designed to cover the cost of these funerals and to provide death benefits to the employees family. State guidelines often determine the dollar amount of coverage.
Workers' compensation coverage is a No-Fault system designed to prevent costly employee lawsuits related to on-the-job-injuries. Many state provisions include Exclusive Remedy rules that protect covered businesses from these lawsuits in exchange for providing workers' comp coverage for their employees. Claims should be reported to a supervisor with 30 days. Employers should also report any claims or accidents to their insurance company within 30 days from notification.
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We've developed Pay As You Go workers' compensation programs that reduce or eliminate premium deposits and allow South Dakota employers to report and pay premium based on actual payroll wages. Protect your business from audits.
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South Dakota is a file and use state which means carries rates may vary significantly depending on class codes and carrier appetites. We offer a broad range of carriers with low rates for easy and hard-to-place workers' comp codes.
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Rates for workers' compensation rates in the state of South Dakota are almost exactly the national average. They have remained stable for the past five years. This is good for employers purchasing workers' compensation coverage, but many business owners do not take full advantage of all the discounts, rebates and programs available to help their business save on workers' comp coverage.
Help with SD Class Codes
Insurance rates vary significantly between NCCI classification codes. Let our SD Workers' Compensation Specialists help you determine your correct workers' compensation class codes before you buy coverage. We'll help make sure your business is properly covered and that you get the lowest rates and biggest discounts on your next policy.
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