{"data":{"id":"us-de/29-del.-c.-5115","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"29 Del. C. § 5115","heading":"Protection of public employees reporting suspected violation of law.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:\n(1) “Elected official” shall mean the Auditor of Accounts, a state, school district, county or municipal official elected by popular vote of same and employees of said offices.\n(2) “Public employee” shall mean any full-time or part-time employee of the State, its school districts, or a county or municipal government.\n(b) No public employee shall be discharged, threatened or otherwise discriminated against with respect to the terms or conditions of employment because that public employee reported, in a written or oral communication to an elected official, a violation or suspected violation of a law or regulation promulgated under the law of the United States, this State, its school districts, or a county or municipality of this State unless the employee knows that the report is false.\n(c) An employee who alleges a violation of this section may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief, actual damages, or both, within 90 days after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this section.","path":["Title 29. State Government","Public Officers and Employees","CHAPTER 51. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c051/index.html#5115","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:33Z","sha256":"86f72d1c638c8c3021e8ae2060d9b2fe369946aeebdb91ecc00f99c8aaf8ef61","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/29-del.-c.-5114","next":"us-de/29-del.-c.-5116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}