If the employer and employee, or the employee's dependents in the case of the employee's death, fail to reach agreement in regard to compensation under this chapter, or if after they reach such an agreement the Board shall refuse to approve the same, either party may notify the Department of the facts and the Department shall thereupon notice the time and place of hearing which shall be served on all parties in interest personally, by secure email with an electronic receipt or by certified mail. The Board or a hearing officer with consent of the parties shall hear and determine the matter in accordance with the facts and the law and state its conclusions of fact and rulings of law.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 23. Workers’ Compensation
Subchapter III. Determination and Payment of Benefits; Procedure
§ 2341. Notice of injury; time of; and failure to give.
§ 2342. Notice of occupational disease; time of; failure to give.
§ 2343. Physical examination of employee; refusal to submit; communications not privileged.
§ 2344. Agreements on compensation or benefits; filing and approval; conclusiveness.
§ 2345. Hearing upon disagreement on amount of compensation or benefits.
§ 2346. Hearing upon disagreement on charges for medical and other services and benefits
§ 2347. Review by Board of agreements or awards; grounds; modification of award.
§ 2348. Hearings; notice of awards; evidence.
§ 2350. Jurisdiction, procedure and decision on appeal; review by Board; costs and security.
§ 2351. Physical examination of claimant on appeal; other additional evidence.
§ 2352. Persons entitled to institute proceedings for minors; notice to.
§ 2353. Forfeiture or suspension of right to compensation.
§ 2354. Contribution by 2 or more employers.
§ 2356. Priority of compensation claims.
§ 2357. Collection of payments in default.
§ 2358. Commutation of compensation.
§ 2359. Payment of award to bank in trust for employee or dependents.
§ 2360. Installment payments of compensation.
§ 2361. Limitation periods for claims.
§ 2362. Notice of denial of liability; penalty for delay in payment of compensation.
§ 2365. Employee entitled to exercise rights; relief to be granted.