Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 234

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 228

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WAGE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION NOTIFICATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE :

Section 1. Amend § 1108(4), Chapter 11, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by striking said paragraph in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“(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.”.

Section 2. This law will take effect upon enactment.

Approved May 17, 2004