WILMINGTON – The Delaware Department of Labor’s Office of Construction Enforcement, alongside community and industry partners, will mark National Construction Week from September 15–19, with multiple events aimed at highlighting career opportunities, safety, and education in the construction industry. Topics will include prevailing wage, contractor rules, worker misclassification, and workplace safety. Additional events are scheduled throughout the week: Tuesday, September …
The Delaware Department of Labor is launching a new initiative aimed at strengthening employment opportunities and protections for the state’s youngest workers. The “Delaware Youth Workforce Connect Call,” a monthly virtual series organized by the Department’s Division of Industrial Affairs, will debut on Thursday, August 21. The series is designed to connect community organizations, educators, employers, and state agencies to …
In celebration of National Small Business Week, the Delaware Department of Labor’s Division of Industrial Affairs is launching a free Small Business Bootcamp aimed at empowering local entrepreneurs with practical knowledge and resources. The event will be held on Monday, May 5, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Route 9 Library in New Castle. Designed to help …
The state’s libraries plan on using federal grant money to add digital specialists to the Delaware Libraries Social Innovation Team, which helps Delawareans with social services like finding housing and jobs, applying for healthcare, becoming financially literate, and more. “The Delaware Libraries Social Innovation Team holds Open Labs in public libraries throughout the state for individuals seeking just-in-time assistance with …
Changes continue to Delaware’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, which became law in 2o22, and was sold as a way to give all employees, not just those at big companies, paid leave for emergencies and become a parent. Originally called the Healthy Delaware Families Act, it created a statewide insurance program to provide up to 80% of wages for …
A nonprofit filed a request Wednesday to the Delaware General Assembly to investigate the failure by state officials responsible for reporting the act of embezzlement in excess of $180,000 from the Delaware Department of Labor’s Division of Unemployment Insurance. The Delaware Coalition for Open Government filed the request. That group aims for transparency and accountability in Delaware’s government — it …
A bill that would increase the prevailing wage for contractors making products offsite is unlikely to be heard in the House after the legislature passed the 2024 fiscal year’s budget on Wednesday. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 102, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, would require laborers making products away from a building site to be paid …
A 2024 state budget that’s 10% higher than 2023’s led eight Republicans to vote against it Thursday in the House of Representatives, but that didn’t stop it from passing. House Bill 195, sponsored by Rep. William Carson, D-Smyrna, delineated how the $5.6 billion budget will be spent over the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. Carson is the vice …
The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce is asking the Delaware Department of Labor to address concerns that small businesses have with proposed family medical leave regulations. In a letter dated Wednesday, the chamber asks for an immediate pause on the implementation of the regulations for a minimum of 60 to 90 days because of issues the chamber says will harm …
The Delaware Department of Labor this week opened the 30-day public comment period on proposed regulations for the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave insurance program. It will take effect Jan. 1, 2025, and employees and employers to pay into it before it can be drawn on the following year. Largely based on the federal Family Medical Leave Act …
A bill to permanently raise unemployment payments by $50 a week, but use state money for one year only to make sure employers don’t get hit by the rise, sailed through the House Labor Committee Tuesday. House Bill 49, sponsored by Rep. Ed Osienski, D-Newark, received yes votes from all nine attending committee members and had little comment from …
A bill filed Friday would raise weekly Delaware unemployment payments from $400 to $450 and, for one year only, save state companies $50 million in 2023 by using state funds to pay unemployment tax increases. House Bill 49 filed by Rep. Ed Osienski, D-Newark, said Delaware already is paying less in unemployment than neighboring states and that the maximum amount …
