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DE SB208
Bill
AI Summary
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Clarifies that employers must make wages available to employees on the next regularly scheduled payday after an employee quits, resigns, is discharged, suspended, or laid off.
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Establishes that employers who fail to pay wages owe liquidated damages equal to the lower of: (1) 10 percent of unpaid wages for each day the failure continues (excluding Sundays and legal holidays), or (2) an amount equal to the unpaid wages.
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Removes the requirement that an employer have "reasonable grounds for dispute" before being held liable for damages for failure to pay wages.
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Specifies that liquidated damages cease if the employer files for bankruptcy and is adjudicated bankrupt.
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Provides that employers unable to prepare payroll due to labor disputes, power failures, blizzards, epidemics, fires, or explosions may not be deemed to have violated wage payment requirements.
Legislative Description
An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To An Employer's Failure To Pay Wages.
Last Action
Signed by Governor
10/7/2022