Delaware § 1108 - Duty of employer regarding notification, posting and records.

§ 1108. Duty of employer regarding notification, posting and records.

It shall be the duty of every employer of over 3 employees to:

(1) Notify each employee in writing, at the time of hiring, of the rate of pay and of the day, hour and place of payment;

(2) Notify each employee in writing or through a posted notice maintained in a place accessible to the employees and where they normally pass of any reduction in the regular rate of pay, and day, hour and place of payment prior to the time of such reduction;

(3) Make available to each employee in writing or through a poster notice maintained in a place accessible to the employees and where they normally pass employment practices and policies with regard to vacation pay, sick leave and comparable matters;

(4) Furnish to each employee at the time of payment a statement, either on the check, or by a separate slip, or electronically, so long as the electronic statement is in a form capable of being retained by the employee, showing the wages due, the pay period for which the wages are due and the total amount of deductions, separately specified, which have been made from the wages due, provided such statement shall, for an employee who is paid at an hourly rate, show the total number of hours for the said pay period.

Where the statement is furnished electronically, an employee may request that the statement be provided in written form on a separate slip.

(5) Post and maintain in a place accessible to the employees and where they normally pass a summary of this chapter to be supplied by the Department upon request without charge;

(6) Make, keep and preserve for a period not less than 3 years the records specified in the chapter, including wage and hour records, in or about the premises or place of business or employment or at 1 or more central record keeping offices, and make such reports therefrom to the Department as it shall deem by regulation to be necessary or appropriate to administer or enforce this chapter.

19 Del. C. 1953, §  1108;  55 Del. Laws, c. 19, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 152, §§  4-6;  74 Del. Laws, c. 234, §  1;