Title 19, Labor

§ 3105. Compensation of Chairperson and other Board members. The Chairperson of the Board shall be paid $ $235 for each meeting attended, not to exceed 80 meetings per year. Each of the other members of the Board shall be paid $185 for each meeting attended, not to exceed 80 meet…

§ 3106. Secretary. The Board may designate a suitable employee to act as Secretary of the Board.41 Del. Laws, c. 258, § 10; 44 Del. Laws, c. 208, § 2; 19 Del. C. 1953, § 3106; 57 Del. Laws, c. 669, § 4B; 75 Del. Laws, c. 127, § 1;

§ 3107. Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council. (a) There is hereby established the Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council. (b) The Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of Unemployment Insurance and aid the Directo…

§ 3121. Employment stabilization. The Department of Labor, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Department”, shall take all appropriate steps to: (1) Reduce and prevent unemployment; (2) Encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, …

§ 3122. General and special rules; regulations. General and special rules may be adopted, amended or rescinded by the Department only after public hearing or opportunity to be heard thereon, of which proper notice has been given. General rules shall become effective 10 days after…

§ 3123. Recommendations for legislation. Whenever the Department believes that a change in assessment or benefit rates will become necessary to protect the solvency of the Fund, it shall promptly so inform the Governor and the General Assembly and make recommendations with respec…

§ 3124. Publication and distribution of regulations and rules. The Department shall cause to be printed for distribution to the public the text of this part, its regulations and general and special rules, its annual reports to the Governor and any other material it deems relevant…

§ 3125. Records and reports from employing units; disclosure of information; use of information at hearings or on appeal; penalty. (a) (1) Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate records containing such information as the Department prescribes. Such records shall be open…

§ 3126. Administering oaths and affirmations, taking depositions, certifying official acts and issuing subpoenas. In the discharge of the duties imposed by this part, the members of the Department, the chairperson of an appeal tribunal and any duly authorized representative of ei…

§ 3127. Refusal to obey subpoena; penalty. (a) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, any court of this State within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or re…

§ 3128. Self-incrimination. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records before the Department, the chairperson of an appeal tribunal or any duly authorized representative of either of them o…

§ 3129. Representation of Department and State in civil and criminal actions. (a) In any civil action to enforce this part, the Department and the State may be represented by any qualified attorney who is employed by the Department and is designated for this purpose or at the Dep…

§ 3130. Cooperation with federal agencies. In the administration of this part, the Department shall cooperate with the United States Department of Labor to the fullest extent consistent with this part and shall take such action, through the adoption of appropriate rules, regulati…

§ 3131. Reciprocal arrangements with state or federal agencies. (a) The Department may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government or both whereby: (1) Services performed by an individual for a sing…

§ 3132. Authority to use federal grants; limitations. If § 303(a)(5) of Title III of the federal Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 503(a)(5)] and § 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(4)] are amended by the Congress of the United States to permit the Depar…

§ 3133. Authority to borrow federal funds. The Department is authorized to enter into such agreement as may be necessary to secure any advance or grant of funds by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States in accordance with the authority extended under § 1201 of the fed…

§ 3151. Establishment and purpose; acceptance of Wagner-Peyser Act. The Delaware State Employment Service is continued under the jurisdiction and as a part of the Department of Labor. The Department, in the conduct of such Service, shall establish and maintain free public employm…

§ 3152. Administration of funds received under Wagner-Peyser Act; power of Department to enter into agreements and to accept contributions or reimbursement. All moneys received by this State under the Wagner-Peyser Act [29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.] shall be paid into the Unemployment …

§ 3153. General functions and purposes. The Department, in conducting the employment service, shall promote and develop an employment office or system of employment offices, in order: (1) That employers seeking workers and the unemployed without cost to either may be referred to …

§ 3154. Cooperation with local authorities. The Department shall cooperate with the counties, cities and towns of the State and shall require such local cooperation as it deems necessary to carry out this subchapter. Any local funds granted for the cooperative maintenance of a lo…

§ 3161. Unemployment Compensation Fund. There shall be a special fund, separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this State, to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Fund which shall be administered by the Department exclusively for the purposes of this part. This…

§ 3162. Administration of Unemployment Compensation Fund by State Treasurer. (a) The State Treasurer shall be ex officio the treasurer and custodian of the Unemployment Compensation Fund. The Treasurer shall administer such Fund in accordance with the directions of the Department…

§ 3163. Requisitions for payment of benefits; disposition of unclaimed or unpaid money. Moneys shall be requisitioned from this State’s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of benefits and/or self-employment assistance allowances and in accordance with re…

§ 3164. Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund. (a) There shall be in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund. All moneys which are deposited or paid into this Fund shall be continuously available to the Department…

§ 3165. Reimbursement of Administration Fund by State. If any moneys received after June 30, 1941, from the Secretary of Labor of the United States under Title III of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.] or any unencumbered balances in the Unemployment Compensation A…

§ 3166. Special Administration Fund. (a) Creation. — There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as The Special Administration Fund of the Department of Labor. This Fund shall consist of: (1) All interest and penalties collected under this part subsequent to…