The minimum wage in Delaware is set to increase on October 1, 2019 to a measly $9.25 an hour.
Delaware unjustly now has a multi-tiered minimum wage system including a youth and training rate. Both of these rates legalize wage theft by allowing employers to pay $.50 an hour below the State’s minimum wage to youth workers who are under the age of 18, and those over the age of 18 during their first 90 consecutive days of employment. Effective October 1, 2019 this wage theft rate rate is $8.75.
Additional miserly $.50 rate increases will be implemented October 1, 2020 and October 1, 2021.
The state of Delaware has new labor law posters that are required to be displayed at all workplaces in a spot that is accessible by all employees. They can be found on the Department of Labor’s website https://dol.delaware.gov/.