Under current Delaware law, if a labor dispute constitutes a lockout, employees are immediately eligible for unemployment benefits. Additionally, current law permits an individual to collect unemployment benefits beginning the third week of a labor dispute, other than a lockout. This Act mandates that the 2-week disqualification period does not apply if either: (1) The labor dispute is caused by the failure or refusal of the employer to comply with an agreement or contract between the employer and the individual, including a collective bargaining agreement with a union representing the individual, or a State or federal law pertaining to hours, wages, or other conditions of work. (2) The employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the individual’s position. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Senate Bill 244
Legislative Highlights
Senate Bill 31
The first bill in the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus’s Justice for All Agenda enacted into law by the General Assembly, the Equal Rights Amendment to the Delaware Constitution marked a meaningful step on the long road toward addressing the original […]
Senate Bill 32
Passed unanimously by the General Assembly, the Delaware Crown Act (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) protected people of color from facing discrimination due to their braids, locs, twists and other hairstyles or hair textures historically associated […]
Senate Bill 111
The Clean Slate Act continued the restorative justice work of Senator Darius Brown by building on the success of the Adult Expungement Reform Act of 2019, which significantly expanded the availability of expungements to Delawareans beyond the previously narrow population […]
Senate Bill 158
Continuing the restorative justice work of Senator Brown, this legislation expanded employment opportunities in the First State’s prisons to provide incarcerated Delawareans with valuable work experience and job skills they can use to find stable work upon their release. Passed […]
