(a) The Department, for any occupation, shall have the power to make and revise or rescind such regulations, including the definition of terms, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to preserve or safeguard the minimum wage rate under this chapter, except that prior thereto the Department shall hold public hearing upon reasonable notice at which any person may be heard and shall consult with the members of an advisory board representing the interests of employers, employees and the public in equal numbers totaling not more than 9 in all. The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the Department and may be paid by it as compensation for their services a reasonable per diem, in accordance with such regulations as it may prescribe, for each day on which they attend a meeting of the board or for each day they spend in the work of the board and may in addition be reimbursed for their necessary and reasonable traveling expenses. Such regulations may include, but are not limited to: Regulations defining and governing outside salespersons, learners and apprentices, their number, proportion and length of service, part-time pay, bonuses, overtime pay, special pay for special or extra work, permitted charges to employees or allowances for board, lodging, apparel or other facilities or services customarily furnished by employers to employees, allowances for gratuities or allowances for such other special conditions or circumstances which may be usual in a particular employment relationship. Such regulations shall, except as may be otherwise provided by the Department, take effect upon publication.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 904

  • Department: means the Department of Labor or its authorized representatives. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 901
  • Gratuities: means voluntary monetary contributions received by an employee from a guest, patron or customer for services rendered. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 901
  • Occupation: means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry or branch or group of industries or employment or class of employment in which employees are gainfully employed. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 901
  • Wage: means compensation due to an employee by reason of the employee's employment, payable in legal tender of the United States or check or bank convertible into cash on demand at full face value, subject to such deductions, charges or allowances as may be permitted by the regulations of the Department under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 901

(b) The Department shall have the power to make and revise or rescind such regulations as it may deem necessary or appropriate to administer or enforce this chapter, and such regulations shall, except as may be otherwise provided by the Department, take effect upon publication.

19 Del. C. 1953, § ?904; 55 Del. Laws, c. 18, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;