In the event any employee of this State, including any employee of the public schools, is elected to any public office provided for by the Constitution of the State or the Delaware Code, such employee shall be granted such leave of absence without pay as is reasonable and necessary to perform the duties in such office. Upon the completion of such leave, the employee shall be reinstated in the position which the employee held at the time such leave of absence was granted.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 5102. Oath to support Constitution.
§ 5103. Payment of debts as condition of employment.
§ 5105. Leave of absence for military service; pension rights; term of successor appointees.
§ 5106. Employee salary deductions.
§ 5107. Cancellation of bond on expiration of term; petition; notice; order of Court.
§ 5108. Action against officer for state moneys.
§ 5110. Election of employee to public office; leave.
§ 5111. Benefits to surviving spouse of persons elected to state or county office.
§ 5113. Leave for Olympic competition.
§ 5114. Membership in Blood Bank of Delaware.
§ 5115. Protection of public employees reporting suspected violation of law.
§ 5116. Leave of absence upon adoption of child.
§ 5118. Unauthorized use of state mail services and/or state-paid-for postage.
§ 5119. Leave for volunteer emergency duty.
§ 5120. Paid leave for birth of a child or adoption of a child.
§ 5121. Leave for serving on veteran funeral detail.