The Division of Unemployment Insurance assists employers by providing information on the amount of "unemployment insurance tax" to be paid, the opportunity to submit information to facilitate the prompt and proper payment of "unemployment insurance benefits" to eligible individuals, and an appeal process to contest the payment of "unemployment insurance benefits" to those individual's employers believe are not entitled to such benefits.

Detailed information about the unemployment insurance program, including the "Unemployment Insurance Handbook for Employers" and downloadable forms, may be found on the division's web page by accessing the Department of Labor's web site at /delawareworks/default.shtml.

Statewide Unemployment Insurance local offices:

Wilmington............................(302) 761-8446
Newark..................................(302) 368-6600
Dover.....................................(302) 739-5461
Georgetown............................(302) 856-5611

Other contacts:

Tax information.....................(302) 761-8484
Appeal information................(302) 761-8415

The amount of Unemployment Insurance tax an employer pays depends on the size of the employer's taxable payroll, the employer's unemployment insurance tax rate and the taxable wage base. The taxable wage base is $8,500 and, currently, the minimum and maximum tax rates are .4% and 8.3% respectively.

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