Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 716 – Posting of notices; penalties
(a) Every employer, employment agency and labor organization, as the case may be, shall post and keep posted in conspicuous places upon its premises where notices to employees, and applicants for employment are customarily posted, a notice to be prepared or approved by the Department setting forth excerpts from or summaries of the pertinent provisions of this subchapter and subchapter III of this chapter and information pertinent to the filing of a complaint.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 716
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Employee: means an individual employed by an employer, but does not include:
- Employer: means any person employing 4 or more employees within the State at the time of the alleged violation, including the State or any political subdivision or board, department, commission or school district thereof. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 710
- Employment agency: means any person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and includes an agent of such a person. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 710
- Labor organization: includes any organization of any kind, any agency or employee representation committee, group, association or plan so engaged in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours or other terms or conditions of employment, any conference, general committee, joint or system board or joint council so engaged which is subordinate to a national or international labor organization. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 710
- Pregnancy: means pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition, including, but not limited to, lactation. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 710
- Reasonable accommodation: has the meaning given this term in § 722 of this title, except that all references to disability shall instead be references to known limitations of a person related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 710
(b) (1) An employer shall provide notice of the right to be free from discrimination in relation to pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions, including the right to reasonable accommodation to known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions, pursuant to § 711(b)(3) of this title as follows:
a. In writing to new employees at the commencement of employment;
b. Orally or in writing to existing employees by January 7, 2015; and
c. Orally or in writing to any employee who notifies the employer of her pregnancy within 10 days of such notification.
(2) The notice required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall also be conspicuously posted at an employer’s place of business in an area accessible to employees.
(c) A wilful violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $100 for each separate offense.
19 Del. C. 1953, § ?716; 58 Del. Laws, c. 285; 66 Del. Laws, c. 337, § ?8; 74 Del. Laws, c. 356; 79 Del. Laws, c. 429, § ?1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 421, § 1;