Delaware
This guide provides an overview of legal requirements related to group life insurance and disability benefits in Delaware.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of workers' compensation requirements in Delaware, including those related to workplace notices, covered employers and employees, compensable injuries and illnesses, employer defenses to claims, available benefits, claims procedures, dispute resolution, and retaliation and discrimination protections.
Delaware employers seeking to show their compliance with Delaware law prohibiting use of handheld electronic communication devices while driving, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Delaware employers seeking to satisfy a legal requirement that employees be informed in advance about an employer's monitoring of company telephones, emails, internet and other electronic resources and sign an acknowledgment verifying receipt of the company's electronic monitoring policy should consider including this model acknowledgment in their handbook.
Delaware employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Delaware employers that seek to inform employees about protections provided by the Delaware Whistleblowers Protection Act (DWPA), help fulfill notice obligations under the DWPA and help ensure that employees who engage in activity protected under the DWPA are not subject to retaliation should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Delaware employers seeking to inform employees of the rules surrounding the review of employee personnel files should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Delaware employers that seek to encourage and demonstrate compliance with the state's meal break requirements should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Delaware employers that employ minor employees (those under age 18) and seek to inform the minor employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with the law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.