Delaware - Workers’ Rights

Definition of agricultural worker under state law:

• Delaware’s workers’ compensation law uses the term “farm laborer”, but does not define this phrase.

Wages and Overtime

Minimum Wage

Overtime

State Enforcement Agency

Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Industrial Affairs

Website: https://dia.delawareworks.com/labor-law/wage-payment.php
Relevant Forms: https://dia.delawareworks.com/labor-law/documents/Wage%20Payment%20Claim%20Form.pdf?20180216

Occupational Safety and Health

Workers’ Compensation

State Enforcement Agency:
Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Industrial Affairs

Website: https://dia.delawareworks.com/workers-comp/
Relevant Forms: https://dia.delawareworks.com/workers-comp/forms.php

Field Sanitation

State Enforcement Agency:
Delaware Health and Social Services

Website: https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/

Pesticide Safety

State Enforcement Agency:
Delaware Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Management

Website: https://agriculture.delaware.gov/pesticide-management/

Right to Join Unions and Collective Bargaining in Agriculture

State Legal Services Organizations

Maryland Legal Aid, Farmworker Program (based out of Maryland)
http://www.mdlab.org