Determining usual and customary line of employment

SDCL § 62-4-54 — under COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH.

SDCL § 62-4-54

Usual and customary line of employment is to be determined by evaluation of the following factors: (1) The skills or abilities of the person; (2) The length of time the person spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of the injury; (3) The proportion of time the person has spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of injury when compared to the employee's entire working career; and (4) The duties and responsibilities of the person at the workplace. It is not limited by the position held at the time of the injury. Source: SL 1994, ch 396 , § 10.