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19 DE Code § 901. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 901. Definition of terms.

§ 901. Definition of terms. As used in this chapter:  (1) “Department” means the Department of Labor or its authorized representatives. (2) “Employ” means to suffer or permit to work. (3) “Employee” includes any individual employed by an employer but shall not include:  a. Any individual employed in agriculture; b. Any individual employed in domestic service in or about a private home; c. Any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity, or as an outside commission paid salesperson, not route driver, who customarily performs services away from the individual's employer's premises taking orders for goods or services; d. Any individual employed by the United States; e. Any individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious or nonprofit organization where the employment relationship does not in fact exist or where the services are rendered to such organization gratuitously; f. Any individual employed in the catching, taking, propagating, harvesting, cultivating or farming of any kind of fish, shellfish, crustacea, sponges, seaweeds or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life, or in the first processing, canning or packing such marine products at sea as an incident to or in conjunction with such fishing operations, including the going to and returning from work and loading and unloading when performed by any such employee; g. Any individual under the age of 18 participating in and employed as a junior counselor or counselor in training (CIT) by a nonprofit organization in a summer camp program. h. Any inmate in the custody of the Department of Correction and any inmate on work release who participates in the Prison Industries programs or other programs sponsored for inmates by the Department of Correction pursuant to Chapter 65 of Title 11 or other applicable Delaware law, unless said inmate is employed by an employer other than the State or a political subdivision thereof. (4) “Employer” includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, statutory trust, business trust or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. (5) “Gratuities” means voluntary monetary contributions received by an employee from a guest, patron or customer for services rendered. (6) “Occupation” means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry or branch or group of industries or employment or class of employment in which employees are gainfully employed. (7) “Wage” means compensation due to an employee by reason of the employee's employment, payable in legal tender of the United States or check or bank convertible into cash on demand at full face value, subject to such deductions, charges or allowances as may be permitted by the regulations of the Department under this chapter.19 Del. C. 1953, §  901;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  10;  66 Del. Laws, c. 75, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 15, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  65;
19 DE Code § 903. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 903. Powers of the Department.

§ 903. Powers of the Department. (a) The Department shall administer and enforce this chapter. (b) Upon ex parte application of the Department showing reasonable ground to believe that this chapter or any regulation published thereunder has been or is being violated, the Superior Court shall enter an order permitting the Department to:  (1) Enter and inspect, after 1 day's notice to the employer, the premises or place of business or employment and upon demand examine and copy wholly or partly any or all books, registers, payrolls and other records that in any way relate to or have a bearing upon the question of wages, hours and other conditions of employment of any employee, including those required to be made, kept and preserved under this chapter or any regulation published thereunder; (2) Question any employer, employee or other person in the premises or place of business or employment; (3) Require from any employer full and correct statements in writing, including sworn statements, upon forms prescribed or approved by the Department, with respect to the payment of wages, hours, names, addresses and such other information pertaining to employees as the Department may deem necessary or appropriate; (4) Investigate such facts, conditions or matters as the Department may deem necessary or appropriate to determine whether this chapter or any regulation published thereunder has been or is being violated; (5) Hold hearings, administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, records, payrolls, documents and testimony and to take depositions and affidavits in any proceeding before it, and, in case of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matters regarding which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, the Superior Court, on application by the Department, shall compel obedience as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such Court or a refusal to testify therein. (c) The Department may institute actions in the Superior Court for penalties for any violation of this chapter or any regulation published thereunder. (d) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed a limitation on any power or authority of the Department under any other law of this State which may be otherwise applicable to administer or enforce this chapter. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  903;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 904. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 904. Regulations.

§ 904. Regulations. (a) The Department, for any occupation, shall have the power to make and revise or rescind such regulations, including the definition of terms, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to preserve or safeguard the minimum wage rate under this chapter, except that prior thereto the Department shall hold public hearing upon reasonable notice at which any person may be heard and shall consult with the members of an advisory board representing the interests of employers, employees and the public in equal numbers totaling not more than 9 in all. The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the Department and may be paid by it as compensation for their services a reasonable per diem, in accordance with such regulations as it may prescribe, for each day on which they attend a meeting of the board or for each day they spend in the work of the board and may in addition be reimbursed for their necessary and reasonable traveling expenses. Such regulations may include, but are not limited to: Regulations defining and governing outside salespersons, learners and apprentices, their number, proportion and length of service, part-time pay, bonuses, overtime pay, special pay for special or extra work, permitted charges to employees or allowances for board, lodging, apparel or other facilities or services customarily furnished by employers to employees, allowances for gratuities or allowances for such other special conditions or circumstances which may be usual in a particular employment relationship. Such regulations shall, except as may be otherwise provided by the Department, take effect upon publication. (b) The Department shall have the power to make and revise or rescind such regulations as it may deem necessary or appropriate to administer or enforce this chapter, and such regulations shall, except as may be otherwise provided by the Department, take effect upon publication. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  904;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 906. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 906. Wage rate for learners and apprentices.

§ 906. Wage rate for learners and apprentices. For any occupation, the Department may provide by regulations, after public hearing, upon reasonable notice, at which any person may be heard, for the employment of learners and apprentices at such wages lower than the minimum rate under this chapter as the Department may deem necessary or appropriate to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment. No employee shall be employed at wages fixed pursuant to this section except under applicable regulations of the Department. Such regulations shall, except as may be otherwise provided by the Department, take effect upon publication. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  906;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 141, §§  2, 5;  69 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;
19 DE Code § 907. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 907. Records of employers.

§ 907. Records of employers. Every employer shall make, keep and preserve for a period of not less than 3 years, in or about the premises or place of business or employment, a record of the name, address and occupation of each employee, the rate of pay and the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day and each work week by each employee and such other information or records as the Department shall deem by regulation to be necessary or appropriate to administer or enforce this chapter. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  907;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;
19 DE Code § 908. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 908. Posting of laws and regulations.

§ 908. Posting of laws and regulations. Every employer shall keep a summary of this chapter, approved by the Department, and of any applicable regulations published thereunder or a summary thereof, approved by the Department, posted in a conspicuous and accessible location in or about the premises or place of employment and where employees normally pass. Employers shall be furnished copies thereof by the Department on request without charge. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  908;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;
19 DE Code § 909. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 909. Judicial review.

§ 909. Judicial review. (a) Any interested person in any occupation for which any regulation has been published under this chapter, who has been or may be aggrieved thereby, may obtain a review thereof in the Superior Court by filing in such Court, within 20 days after notice that such regulation will affect the interested person's business operations or employment conditions or compensation, a petition against the Department as defendant praying that the regulation be modified or revoked. Two copies of the petition shall be served upon the Department by registered mail. Facts determined by the Department, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive upon the Court. The Court shall determine whether the person has been or may be aggrieved and whether the regulation is in accordance with law. If the Court determines that the person has been or may be aggrieved and that the regulation is not in accordance with law, it shall remand the case to the Department with directions to modify or revoke the regulation. (b) Proceedings in the Superior Court upon review taken under this section shall be privileged and take precedence over all matters, except matters of the same character. The jurisdiction of the Court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final, except that the same shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court at the instance of either party. (c) The commencement of proceedings under this section shall not, unless specifically ordered by the Superior Court, operate as a stay of any regulation published under this chapter. The Court shall not grant any stay of any regulation unless the person aggrieved shall file in the Court an undertaking with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the Court for the payment to the employees affected by the regulation, in the event it is affirmed, of the amount by which the compensation the employees are entitled to receive under the regulation exceeds the compensation they actually receive while the stay is in effect. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  909;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 910. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 910. Penalties.

§ 910. Penalties. (a) Any employer who hinders or delays the Department in the performance of its duties or refuses to admit the Department to the premises or place of business or employment in violation of any court order, or fails to make, keep and preserve any books, registers, payrolls or other records or falsifies the same, or refuses to make the same accessible to the Department, or refuses to furnish a sworn statement of the same or any other information, or fails to post a summary of this chapter or of any applicable regulations published thereunder or summary thereof, or pays or agrees to pay wages at a rate less than the rate applicable, or otherwise violates this chapter or any regulation published thereunder shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for each such violation. (b) Any employer who discharges or who in any manner discriminates against any employee because that employee made a complaint or gave information to the Department pursuant to this chapter, or caused or is about to cause any proceedings to be instituted under this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings shall be deemed in violation of this chapter and shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for each such violation. (c) A civil penalty claim may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  910;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 260, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 294, §§  12, 13;
19 DE Code § 911. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 911. Remedies of employees.

§ 911. Remedies of employees. (a) Any employer who pays any employee less than the full amount of the wages to which the employee is entitled under this chapter shall be liable to such employee in a civil action for the full amount of such wages less any amount actually paid to such employee by the employer and for the costs of the action, necessary expenses of prosecution and reasonable attorney's fees. Any agreement between such employee and the employer to work for less than the minimum wage rate under this chapter shall be no defense to such action. (b) Whenever the Department believes that wages, as required under this chapter, have not been paid, the Department may bring any legal action necessary to collect such claim. The Department shall attempt to notify affected employees of its action. Should the Department prevail the employer shall also be liable to pay the costs of the action, necessary expenses of prosecution and reasonable attorney's fees. All expenses and attorney's fees collected by the Department shall be remitted by the Department to the State Treasurer. Any wages collected pursuant to this subsection but not claimed by the employee entitled thereto within 1 year from the date of collection shall be remitted by the Department to the State Treasurer. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  911;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 369, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 912. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 912. Relation to other laws.

§ 912. Relation to other laws. Any standards relating to minimum wages, maximum hours, overtime compensation or other working conditions in effect under any other law of this State on the effective date of this chapter which are more favorable to employees than those applicable to such employees under this chapter or regulations published thereunder shall not be deemed to be amended, rescinded or otherwise affected by this chapter but shall continue in full force and effect and may be enforced as provided by law. Otherwise, any such standards in effect under any other law of this State on the effective date of this chapter are specifically superseded by standards established under this chapter or regulations published thereunder which are more favorable to such employees. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  912;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;
19 DE Code § 913. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 913. Right of collective bargaining.

§ 913. Right of collective bargaining. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with, impede or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the minimum wage rate under this chapter. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  913;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;
19 DE Code § 914. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 9. Minimum Wage|§ 914. Short title.

§ 914. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the “Minimum Wage Act of the State.” 19 Del. C. 1953, §  914;  55 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;
19 DE Code § 1101. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 11. Wage Payment and Collection|§ 1101. Definition of terms.

§ 1101. Definition of terms. (a) As used in this chapter:  (1) “Check” means a draft drawn on a bank and payable on demand. (2) “Department” means the Department of Labor or its authorized representatives. (3) “Employee” means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer under a contract of employment either made in Delaware or to be performed wholly or partly therein. This chapter does not apply to employees of the United States government, the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof. (4) “Employer” means any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual or the receiver, trustee or successor of any of the same employing any person. This chapter does not apply to employees of the United States government, the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof. (5) “Wages” means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is fixed or determined on a time, task, piece, commission or other basis of calculation. (b) For the purpose of this chapter the officers of a corporation and any agents having the management thereof who knowingly permit the corporation to violate this chapter shall be deemed to be the employers of the employees of the corporation. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  1101;  55 Del. Laws, c. 19, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, §  11;  70 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  1;
19 DE Code § 1102. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 11. Wage Payment and Collection|§ 1102. Payment of wages on regular paydays.

§ 1102. Payment of wages on regular paydays. (a) Every employer shall pay all wages due to the employer's employees on regular paydays designated in advance by the employer, which shall be at least once during each calendar month, and in lawful money of the United States or checks provided suitable arrangements are made by the employer for cashing such checks for the full amount of the wages due at a bank or other business establishment convenient to the place of employment. But upon written request of an employee, an employer may pay such employee all wages due by credit to a bank account designated by the employee. (b) Every employer shall pay all wages due within 7 days from the close of the pay period in which the wages were earned; provided, that if the regular payday falls on a nonwork day, payment shall be made on the preceding workday. If, however, the regular payday is within the pay period (on or before the final day of the pay period) and the pay period does not exceed 16 days, the employer may delay until the next pay period compensation for the following:  (1) Overtime hours worked by employees; (2) Employees hired or resuming employment during the pay period; and (3) Part-time or temporary employees with variable working time. (c) If an employee is for any reason not present on the regular payday, payment shall be made either by mail if requested by the employee or at the next regular workday that the employee is present or by the credit to the bank account designated by the employee. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  1102;  55 Del. Laws, c. 19, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 152, §§  1, 2;  68 Del. Laws, c. 217, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 103, §§  2, 3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 1103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 11. Wage Payment and Collection|§ 1103. Employees separated from the payroll before regular paydays.

§ 1103. Employees separated from the payroll before regular paydays. (a) Whenever an employee quits, resigns, is discharged, suspended or laid off, the wages earned by the employee shall become due and payable by the employer on the next regularly scheduled payday(s) either through the usual pay channels or by mail, if requested by the employee, as if the employment had not been suspended or terminated. (b) If an employer, without any reasonable grounds for dispute, fails to pay an employee wages, as required under this chapter, the employer shall, in addition, be liable to the employee for liquidated damages in the amount of 10 percent of the unpaid wages for each day, except Sunday and legal holidays, upon which such failure continues after the day upon which payment is required or in an amount equal to the unpaid wages, whichever is smaller, except that, for the purpose of such liquidated damages, such failure to pay shall not be deemed to continue after the date of the filing of a petition of bankruptcy with respect to the employer if the employer is adjudicated bankrupt thereupon. An employer who is unable to prepare the payroll due to a labor dispute, power failure, blizzard or like weather catastrophe, epidemic, fire or explosion shall not be deemed to have violated this chapter. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  1103;  55 Del. Laws, c. 19, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 152, §  3;  64 Del. Laws, c. 226, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 1104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 11. Wage Payment and Collection|§ 1104. Unconditional payment of wages conceded to be due.

§ 1104. Unconditional payment of wages conceded to be due. (a) In case of a dispute over the amount of wages, the employer shall pay without condition and within the time set by this chapter all wages or parts thereof conceded by the employer to be due, leaving to the employee all remedies the employee might otherwise be entitled to, including those provided under this chapter, as to any balance claimed. (b) The acceptance by an employee of a payment under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of the employee's claim and any release required or obtained by an employer as a condition to payment shall be in violation of this chapter and shall be null and void. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  1104;  55 Del. Laws, c. 19, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
19 DE Code § 1105. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 19 - Labor|Chapter 11. Wage Payment and Collection|§ 1105. Prime contractor's responsibility for wage payments.

§ 1105. Prime contractor's responsibility for wage payments. Whenever any person shall contract with another for the performance of any work which the contracting person has undertaken to perform, the person shall become civilly liable to employees engaged in the performance of work under such contract for the payment of wages, exclusive of liquidated damages, as required under this chapter, whenever and to the extent that the employer of such employees fails to pay such wages, and the employer of such employees shall be liable to such person for any wages paid by the employer under this section. 19 Del. C. 1953, §  1105;  55 Del. Laws, c. 19, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;