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PIERRE (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation has received a $418,000 federal grant to help train long-term dislocated workers for high-demand occupations. State Labor Secretary Pam Roberts says the department refers people to training that will lead to jobs...

LOOMIS -- An area man who says he was unfairly fired from his job at the Poet ethanol plant in Loomis after he was injured at work is appealing a judge's decision to throw out his claim. On Monday, Brice Cody, of rural Letcher, and his attorney Stephanie Pochop, of Gregory, filed...

ABERDEEN (AP) -- The Northern Beef Packers plant in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen is delaying worker paychecks because of financial woes. Employees were told Wednesday that their Friday paychecks would not be distributed. Officials hope to issue them early next week,...

South Dakota Democrats and labor partners are seeking an initiated measure to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.50 per hour, with annual cost of living increases. "South Dakotans know our economy is stronger when we reward honest work with honest wages," said state Democratic...

PIERRE -- The state workers-compensation advisory council decided Thursday there should be a look at why the federal government reports more deaths of people on the job in South Dakota than state government does. Mark Anderson, who represents the South Dakota AFL-CIO labor organization,...

The annual Dakota Wesleyan University Community Plunge invites Mitchell-area businesses and organizations to register for this year's event. Community Plunge began at DWU five years ago as an opportunity for businesses and organizations to look for employees and volunteers and...

PIERRE -- The package approved by the Legislature of salary increases, pay adjustments and extra funding to cover a large shortfall in the self-insurance coverage for state government employees will cost in the neighborhood of $47.4 million for the fiscal year that began Monday. ...

PIERRE (AP) -- South Dakota lawmakers say they need better information on how well state agencies are training and recruiting the workers needed by key industries. Members of the Legislative Planning Committee say there's no central source of information about workforce development...

PIERRE -- It was revealed Thursday that state government stopped paying monthly fees to a national recruiting firm. The firm was hired to help South Dakota employers find workers from outside the state last winter. Underperformance was the reason the $49,000 payments were stopped...

PIERRE (AP) -- Democratic state lawmakers have asked Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard for information on the state's $5 million contract with a national recruiting firm that was hired to find new workers for hard-to-fill jobs in the state. Rep. Susan Wismer, of Britton, and Sen....

ABERDEEN (AP) -- An Aberdeen restaurant has agreed to pay back wages and fines after a federal Labor Department investigation concluded Mavericks Steak and Cocktails broke several labor laws. The American News reports that Mavericks failed to pay overtime wages of more than $12,200...

PIERRE (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is heading to Minnesota next week to try to recruit workers to the Mount Rushmore State. Daugaard will be at the Mall of America on May 13 from 1-2 p.m. to visit with shoppers and answer questions about relocating to South Dak...