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Delaware Code Title 19. Labor § 3708. Retaliatory personnel actions prohibited

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) It is unlawful for an employer or any other person to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected under this chapter.

(b) An employer, temporary help company, employment agency, employee organization, or other person may not take a retaliatory personnel action or otherwise discriminate against an individual because the individual exercised rights protected under this chapter.

(c) Rights protected under this chapter include the following:

(1) The right to request, file for, apply for, or use family and medical leave benefits or covered leave.

(2) The right to communicate to the employer or any other person or entity an intent to file a claim, a complaint with the Department or courts, or an appeal, or testify or prepare to testify or assist in any investigation, hearing, or proceeding under this chapter, at any time, including during the period in which the individual receives family and medical leave benefits under this chapter.

(3) The right to inform a person about an employer's alleged violation of this chapter.

(4) The right to inform an individual of the individual's rights under this chapter.

(d) It is unlawful for an employer's absence control policy to count covered leave taken under this chapter as an absence that may lead to or result in discipline, discharge, demotion, suspension, or any other adverse action.

(e) Protections of this section apply to an individual who mistakenly but in good faith alleges violations of this chapter.

(f) This section is to be enforced as provided in § 3707(c) through (g) of this title.

(g) This section applies only to an employee who has been employed by the employer for at least 90 days.

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