A day’s labor in any manufacturing or mechanical occupation shall consist of eight hours unless there is an express agreement to the contrary. This does not apply if the agreement is for employment by the week, month, or year.

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Source: SL 1933 (SS), ch 10, § 1; SDC 1939, § 17.0102; SL 2008, ch 276, § 77.