The Division of Industrial Affairs
The Division of Industrial Affairs helps ensure the protection of the workforce in Delaware through these services:

Office of Occupational Safety & Health Consultation
Provides free comprehensive on-site consultation for small high-risk businesses to identify potential hazards, improve management systems, and assist in voluntary compliance with federal OSHA regulations. All consultation services are voluntary and confidential. There are no fines, penalties, or fees associated with the service.

• Wilmington office only (302) 761-8219

Office of Occupational Safety & Health Statistics
Statistics on work-related injuries, illnesses and fatalities are produced annually for each industry in Delaware. In addition to the number of injury and illness cases, data is published providing demographic details on the more seriously injured and ill workers which includes occupation, age, gender, race, and length of service. Data is also recorded on the circumstances of their injuries and illnesses (nature of the disabling condition, part of body affected, event or exposure, and primary source producing the disability). "More seriously" is defined in the survey as involving days away from work.

From this data, employers may be able to evaluate their company's safety programs and institute measures to make the workplace safer.

• Wilmington office only (302) 761-8219

Office of Workers Compensation/Industrial Accident Board
The IAB is empowered to decide any matter that arises under the Delaware Workers' Compensation Act, 19 Del. C. ch. 23 (available through the Delaware Code link on the State website, www.state.de.us). The purpose of the Act is to provide a program to assure compensation for work-related injuries, without regard to fault, and to relieve both employers and employees of the expenses and uncertainties of civil litigation. Most petitions are scheduled to be heard within 120 days of filing. Decisions are rendered within 14 days of the hearing.

The Office of Workers' Compensation also has a workers' compensation specialist who assists unrepresented claimants in the filing of claims.

• Wilmington...(302) 761-8200
• Milford.........(302) 422-1394

Office of Labor Law Enforcement
The Office of Labor Law Enforcement serves to ensure fair and equitable treatment in the workplace by enforcing the following 24 state and federal labor standards and civil rights laws:

+ Child Labor
+ Minimum Wage*
+ Wage Payment and Collection*
+ Prevailing Wage
+ Discrimination in Employment*
+ Use of Polygraph Test
+ Equal Pay
+ Persons with Disabilities Employment Protections
+ Right to Inspect Personnel Files
+ Continuation of Labor Contracts Following Merger
+ Employee's Rights to Certain Inventions
+ Payment of Railroad Workers
+ Employment of Strike Breakers
+ Excessive Interest on Loans by Employers
+ Public Authority Takeover of Mass Transportation Systems
+ Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964
+ Age Discrimination in Employment
+ Americans With Disabilities Act
+ Discrimination in Public Works Contracts
+ Meal Breaks
+ Clean Indoor Air Act
+ Quality in Hiring
+ Special Employment Practices (Health Care & Child Care Facilities)
+ Requirement for Adult Abuse Registry Check

*Summaries of these laws must be posted at a place where employees regularly pass. A comprehensive labor law poster, which meets the
posting requirement, can be obtained free of charge by contacting the Offices of Labor Law Enforcement at the numbers listed below.

For more specific information on the laws enforced by this office and answers to frequently asked questions, refer to the Office of Labor Law Enforcement link of the Delaware Department of Labor website at http://www.delawareworks.com.

You may also call one of the offices:

• Wilmington...(302) 761-8200
• Milford.........(302) 422-1394

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