The Department of Labor can collect minimum wages on behalf of Delaware workers. Effective January 1, 2024 Delaware’s minimum hourly wage rate is $13.25.

Delaware’s minimum hourly wage will increase to $15.00 on January 1, 2025.

Employees Who Receive Tips:

• The minimum cash wage payable to employees who receive tips is $2.23 per hour.
• Tips may not be taken or retained by an employer except as required by law.
• Tip pooling is permitted (under certain circumstances) in an amount not to exceed 15% of the actual tips received by the employee.

Minimum Wage Exemptions:

• Employees in agriculture
• Employees in domestic service in or about private homes
• Employees of the United States Government
• Outside commission-paid salespeople
• Bona fide executives, administrators, and professionals
• Employees engaged in fishing and fish processing at sea
• Volunteer workers (for educational, religious, or non-profit organizations)
• Junior camp counselors employed by non-profit summer camp programs
• Inmates participating in Department of Correction programs

Record-Keeping Requirements:

Employers must keep records, including rates of pay, hours worked, and the amount paid for each worker, for at least three (3) years.

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• Labor Law Poster (Haitian Creole)