{"data":{"id":"us-de/19-del.-c.-1803","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"19 Del. C. § 1803","heading":"Employer; prohibited acts.","body":"(a) No employer shall terminate, demote or take any other disciplinary action against any employee who is a volunteer emergency responder if:\n(1) Such employee, when acting as a volunteer emergency responder, is absent from the employee's place of employment in order to respond to a Governor-declared state of emergency lasting up to 7 consecutive days; or\n(2) Such employee, when acting as a volunteer emergency responder, is absent from the employee's place of employment in order to respond to a President-declared national emergency lasting up to 14 consecutive days; or\n(3) Such employee is absent from the employee's place of employment due to injury sustained by such employee when acting as a volunteer emergency responder including responding to an emergency.\n(b) Paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section shall not apply to:\n(1) Essential state employees;\n(2) Members of the armed forces;\n(3) Members of the National Guard;\n(4) Employees of a hospital licensed pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 16; and\n(5) Employees of public utilities or providers of voice over IP service or cellular telephone service who are necessary to maintain the integrity of networks, facilities or assist first responders.","path":["Title 19. Labor","General Provisions","CHAPTER 18. Volunteer Emergency Responders Job Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title19/c018/index.html#1803","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:25Z","sha256":"9a91c97f01f7a170ea5a1572a5397e0d16639bf8da560b0bf5228558c5c37318","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/19-del.-c.-1802","next":"us-de/19-del.-c.-1804"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}