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19 DE Code § 3126. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties; Administrative Provisions|§ 3126. Administering oaths and affirmations, taking depositions, certifying official acts and issuing subpoenas.

§ 3126. Administering oaths and affirmations, taking depositions, certifying official acts and issuing subpoenas. In the discharge of the duties imposed by this part, the members of the Department, the chairperson of an appeal tribunal and any duly authorized representative of either of them may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of this part. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  11;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3127;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3127. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties; Administrative Provisions|§ 3127. Refusal to obey subpoena; penalty.

§ 3127. Refusal to obey subpoena; penalty. (a) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, any court of this State within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Department, a chairperson of an appeal tribunal or any duly authorized representative of either, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the Department, an appeal tribunal or any duly authorized representative of either, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. (b) Whoever without just cause fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records if it is in the person's power so to do in obedience to a subpoena of the Department, a chairperson of an appeal tribunal or any duly authorized representative of either shall be fined not less than $23 nor more than $230 or imprisoned not more than 60 days or both. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  11;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3128;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  67 Del. Laws, c. 260, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3128. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties; Administrative Provisions|§ 3128. Self-incrimination.

§ 3128. Self-incrimination. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records before the Department, the chairperson of an appeal tribunal or any duly authorized representative of either of them or in obedience to the subpoena of any of them in any cause or proceeding before the Department or an appeal tribunal on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of that person may tend to incriminate that person or subject that person to a penalty or forfeiture, but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which that person is compelled, after having claimed the privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  11;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3129;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3129. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties; Administrative Provisions|§ 3129. Representation of Department and State in civil and criminal actions.

§ 3129. Representation of Department and State in civil and criminal actions. (a) In any civil action to enforce this part, the Department and the State may be represented by any qualified attorney who is employed by the Department and is designated for this purpose or at the Department's request by the Attorney General. (b) All criminal actions for violation of any provision of this part or of any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be prosecuted by the Attorney General of the State or, at the Attorney General's direction, by 1 of the Attorney General's deputies. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  17;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3130;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3130. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties; Administrative Provisions|§ 3130. Cooperation with federal agencies.

§ 3130. Cooperation with federal agencies. In the administration of this part, the Department shall cooperate with the United States Department of Labor to the fullest extent consistent with this part and shall take such action, through the adoption of appropriate rules, regulations, administrative methods and standards, as may be necessary to secure to this State and its citizens all advantages available under the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.] that relate to unemployment compensation, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act [26 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq.], the Wagner-Peyser Act [29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.] and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 [26 U.S.C. § 3304]. In the administration of the provisions in § 3326 of this title, which are enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the Department shall take such action as may be necessary to:  (1) Ensure that the provisions are so interpreted and applied as to meet the requirements of such federal act as interpreted by the United States Department of Labor, and (2) Insure to this State the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid under this part that are reimbursable under the federal act. Upon request therefor the Department shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment the name, address, ordinary occupation and employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient's rights to further benefits under this part. The Department may make its records relating to the administration of this part available to the Railroad Retirement Board established by act of Congress and may furnish to the Board, at the expense of the Board, such copies thereof as the Board deems necessary for its purposes. The Department may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States charged with the administration of any unemployment insurance or compensation law. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  11;  42 Del. Laws, c. 198, §  1;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3131;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §§  4G, 4H;  58 Del. Laws, c. 143, §  2;
19 DE Code § 3132. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties; Administrative Provisions|§ 3132. Authority to use federal grants; limitations.

§ 3132. Authority to use federal grants; limitations. If § 303(a)(5) of Title III of the federal Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 503(a)(5)] and § 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(4)] are amended by the Congress of the United States to permit the Department to use, in financing administrative expenditures incurred in carrying out its employment security functions, some part of the moneys collected or to be collected under this part in partial or complete substitution for grants under Title III of the federal Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.], there shall be available to the Department without further appropriation or legislation such portion of the moneys collected or to be collected under this part, as the Department finds necessary for effective administration of this part. In no event shall the funds expended by the Department under this provision in any year be in excess of 2/1 0 of 1 percent of the payrolls of employers subject to assessments collected under this part for the previous fiscal year. Such amount shall be determined annually by the Department in conjunction with the Secretary of Finance and shall be transferred to the Administration Fund. Any unexpended portion of this annual allocation shall revert to the Unemployment Compensation Reserve Fund. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  7;  46 Del. Laws, c. 162, §  12;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3133;  53 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  57 Del. Laws, c. 741, §  36;  58 Del. Laws, c. 143, §  4;  66 Del. Laws, c. 52, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3133. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties; Administrative Provisions|§ 3133. Authority to borrow federal funds.

§ 3133. Authority to borrow federal funds. The Department is authorized to enter into such agreement as may be necessary to secure any advance or grant of funds by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States in accordance with the authority extended under § 1201 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1321), as amended, or under any other act of Congress extending such authority. Any amount transferred to the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States under the terms of any agreement entered into in accordance with the authority extended in this section shall be repaid to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States from the Unemployment Trust Fund. Interest on interest-bearing advances from the federal government for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits shall be paid in a timely manner, as prescribed by the Secretary of Labor of the United States, from the Special Administration Fund for the Department of Labor as provided in § 3166 of this title. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  3134;  52 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  64 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 427, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3151. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter III. Delaware State Employment Service|§ 3151. Establishment and purpose; acceptance of Wagner-Peyser Act.

§ 3151. Establishment and purpose; acceptance of Wagner-Peyser Act. The Delaware State Employment Service is continued under the jurisdiction and as a part of the Department of Labor. The Department, in the conduct of such Service, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as are necessary for the proper administration of this part and for the purposes of performing such functions as are within the purview of the act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes,” approved June 6, 1933, 48 Stat. 113, hereinafter referred to as the “Wagner-Peyser Act” [29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.]. The provisions of such act of Congress are accepted by this State, and the Department of Labor is designated and constituted the agency of this State for the purposes of such act. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  12;  45 Del. Laws, c. 267, §  11;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3151;  53 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;
19 DE Code § 3152. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter III. Delaware State Employment Service|§ 3152. Administration of funds received under Wagner-Peyser Act; power of Department to enter into agreements and to accept contributions or reimbursement.

§ 3152. Administration of funds received under Wagner-Peyser Act; power of Department to enter into agreements and to accept contributions or reimbursement. All moneys received by this State under the Wagner-Peyser Act [29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.] shall be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund and shall be expended solely for the maintenance of the state system of public employment offices. For the purposes of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices and promoting the use of their facilities, the Department may enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board or any other agency of the United States, or of this or any other state charged with the administration of any law whose purposes are reasonably related to the purposes of this part, and as a part of such agreements may accept moneys, services or quarters as a contribution to the maintenance of the state system of public employment offices or as reimbursement for services performed. All moneys received for such purposes shall be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  12;  45 Del. Laws, c. 267, §  11;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3152;  53 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  63 Del. Laws, c. 427, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3153. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter III. Delaware State Employment Service|§ 3153. General functions and purposes.

§ 3153. General functions and purposes. The Department, in conducting the employment service, shall promote and develop an employment office or system of employment offices, in order:  (1) That employers seeking workers and the unemployed without cost to either may be referred to each other; (2) To provide adequate quarters and facilities for the registration of employees and for the receipt of orders from employers; (3) To provide prior opportunity of employment to citizens of Delaware and of the United States, except when such are unavailable and not qualified; (4) To cooperate in the administration of unemployment insurance laws; (5) To provide complete responsible records of all applicants; (6) To reduce the wageless period between jobs and the resulting drain on savings, credit and social agencies; (7) To develop and operate a technique by which workers in obsolete or similar occupations may be economically absorbed in a gainful occupation; (8) To provide facilities by which those in need of rehabilitation or readjustment may be absorbed in private industry with mutual advantage; (9) To provide information to juniors and those responsible for their training and influence in choosing the proper occupations; (10) To reduce the cost to industry of procurement, sifting out and turnover; (11) To provide existing facilities for government and industry in a period of national emergency; (12) To provide for the clearance of labor to work opportunities between Delaware and the other states; and (13) To cooperate in the dissemination of employment information and trends and with other public bodies to the end that governmental administration and legislation will have additional, necessary and accurate facts for their guidance.36 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  1;  40 Del. Laws, c. 109, §  5;  Code 1935, §  2616;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3153;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  58 Del. Laws, c. 522, §  2;
19 DE Code § 3154. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter III. Delaware State Employment Service|§ 3154. Cooperation with local authorities.

§ 3154. Cooperation with local authorities. The Department shall cooperate with the counties, cities and towns of the State and shall require such local cooperation as it deems necessary to carry out this subchapter. Any local funds granted for the cooperative maintenance of a local office shall be deposited in the State Treasury and may be withdrawn only by warrants of the Department and only for that purpose. 36 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  1;  40 Del. Laws, c. 109, §  9;  Code 1935, §  2618;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3154;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;
19 DE Code § 3161. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter IV. Special Funds|§ 3161. Unemployment Compensation Fund.

§ 3161. Unemployment Compensation Fund. There shall be a special fund, separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this State, to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Fund which shall be administered by the Department exclusively for the purposes of this part. This Fund shall consist of:  (1) All assessments collected under this part (except the additional emergency assessment required under § 3391 of this title) together with any interest thereon collected prior to October 1, 1967, pursuant to §§ 3357-3365 of this title; (2) All penalties collected prior to October 1, 1967, pursuant to this part; (3) Interest earned upon any moneys in the Fund; (4) Any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys belonging to the Fund; and (5) All earnings of such property or securities. All moneys in the Fund shall be mingled and undivided. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  9;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3161;  53 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  1;  56 Del. Laws, c. 187, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  64 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  2;
19 DE Code § 3162. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter IV. Special Funds|§ 3162. Administration of Unemployment Compensation Fund by State Treasurer.

§ 3162. Administration of Unemployment Compensation Fund by State Treasurer. (a) The State Treasurer shall be ex officio the treasurer and custodian of the Unemployment Compensation Fund. The Treasurer shall administer such Fund in accordance with the directions of the Department and shall issue warrants upon it in accordance with such regulations as the Department prescribes. The Treasurer shall maintain within the Fund 3 separate accounts:  (1) A clearing account; (2) An unemployment trust fund account; and (3) A benefit account. All moneys payable to the Fund, upon receipt thereof by the Department, shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer, who shall immediately deposit them in the clearing account. Refunds payable pursuant to § 3365 of this title shall be paid in accordance with that section and may be paid from the clearing account upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer under the direction of the Department. Notwithstanding any provisions of law in this State relating to the deposit, administration, release or disbursement of moneys in the possession or custody of this State, after clearance thereof, all moneys in the clearing account derived from assessments (except the additional emergency assessment required under § 3391 of this title) shall be immediately deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the account of this State in the Unemployment Trust Fund established and maintained pursuant to § 904 of the federal Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 1104), and all moneys derived from the additional emergency assessment required under § 3391 of this title, interest and penalties shall be deposited in the Special Administration Fund of the Department of Labor established and maintained pursuant to § 3166 of this title. The benefit account shall consist of all moneys requisitioned from this State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Except as herein otherwise provided, moneys in the clearing and benefit accounts may be deposited by the State Treasurer, under the direction of the Department, in any bank or public depository in which general funds of the State may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of the Fund. (b) The State Treasurer shall be liable on official bond for the faithful performance of duties in connection with the Unemployment Compensation Fund provided for under this part. Such liability on the official bond shall exist in addition to the liability upon any separate bond given by the State Treasurer. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  9;  45 Del. Laws, c. 267, §  9;  19 Del. C. 1953, §  3162;  56 Del. Laws, c. 187, §  3;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  57 Del. Laws, c. 741, §  36;  58 Del. Laws, c. 522, §  4;  61 Del. Laws, c. 427, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 468, §  7;  64 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 3163. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 31. Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board|Subchapter IV. Special Funds|§ 3163. Requisitions for payment of benefits; disposition of unclaimed or unpaid money.

§ 3163. Requisitions for payment of benefits; disposition of unclaimed or unpaid money. Moneys shall be requisitioned from this State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of benefits and/or self-employment assistance allowances and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Department. The Department shall from time to time requisition from the Unemployment Trust Fund such amounts, not exceeding the amounts standing to this State's account therein, as it deems necessary for the payment of benefits and/or self-employment assistance allowances for a reasonable future period. Upon receipt thereof the State Treasurer shall deposit such moneys in the benefit account and shall issue warrants for the payment of benefits and/or self-employment assistance allowances solely from such benefit account. Expenditures of such moneys in the benefit account and refunds from the clearing account shall not be subject to any provisions of law requiring specific appropriations or other formal release by state officers of money in their custody. All warrants issued by the State Treasurer for the payment of benefits and/or self-employment assistance allowances and refunds shall bear the signature of the State Treasurer and the countersignature of the Department or its duly authorized agent for that purpose. Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the Unemployment Trust Fund which remains unclaimed or unpaid in the benefit account after the expiration of the period for which such sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for and may be utilized for the payment of benefits and/or self-employment assistance allowances during succeeding periods, or, at the discretion of the Department, shall be redeposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the credit of this State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, as provided in § 3162 of this title. 41 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  9;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  4G;  57 Del. Laws, c. 741, §  36;  61 Del. Laws, c. 427, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 468, §  7;  70 Del. Laws, c. 43, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;