HB 17

  • Delaware House Bill
  • 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)
  • Introduced in House Apr 17, 2024
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Sick Time And Safety Leave.

Abstract

This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers of fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of paid time. Accrued earned sick time and safety leave may be used by the employee for time off with pay at the employee’s same wage and benefit rate to deal with the mental and physical health needs of either the employee or an employee’s family member and other specified purposes. Earned sick time and safety leave may also be used to address the consequences of domestic violence for such things as meeting with lawyers, obtaining services from victim service organizations, temporary relocation and the like. Employers may cap the number of hours earned per year at 40, the carryover from one year to the next at 40 hours, and the maximum earned sick and safety leave an employee has access to at any one time at 40 hours. Employers may require employees to have been employed at least 90 days before they may take earned sick leave and safety time. Employers whose benefits packages already meet the minimum requirements of this Act are not required to offer anything additional. The Department of Labor will promulgate regulations governing operation of the Act and will enforce the provisions of the Act. Employers who violate the Act are subject to civil penalty of no less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000. Employers are prohibited from discriminating against an employee who complains to the Department that an employer has violated the Act. Where discrimination or retaliation is found to have occurred a penalty between $1,000 and $5,000 may be applied.

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May 24, 2024

House

Motion to Release Failed

May 22, 2024

House

Motion to Release Failed

May 21, 2024

House

Amendment HA 3 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

May 14, 2024

House

Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

May 02, 2024

House

Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

Apr 17, 2024

House

Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Appropriations

Apr 16, 2024

House

Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Labor

Apr 11, 2024

House

Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 17, and Assigned to Labor Committee in House

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Labor

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