Delaware Code
Title 19 - Labor
Chapter 16. Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Employment Relations Act

Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 1601. Statement of policy. - It is the declared policy of the State and the...

§ 1602. Definitions [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c.146, §§ 2, 3]. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Appropriate bargaining unit” or...

§ 1603. Employee rights. - Employees shall have the right to: (1) Organize, form, join...

§ 1604. Employee organization as exclusive representative. - (a) The employee organization designated or selected for the purpose...

§ 1605. Employer rights. - A public employer is not required to engage in collective...

§ 1606. Public Employment Relations Board. - The Board, established by § 4006 of Title 14, known...

§ 1607. Unfair labor practices — Enumerated. - (a) It is an unfair labor practice for a public...

§ 1608. Unfair labor practices — Disposition of complaints. - (a) The Public Employment Relations Board is empowered and directed...

§ 1609. Unfair labor practices — Appeals; petitions for enforcement. - (a) Any person or party adversely affected by a decision...

§ 1610. Bargaining unit determination. - (a) An employee organization desiring to be certified as the...

§ 1611. Determination and certification of exclusive representative. - (a) Any employee organization seeking certification as exclusive representative in...

§ 1612. Employee organizations required to register and submit annual reports. - Every employee organization which has or seeks recognition as a...

§ 1613. Collective bargaining agreements. - (a) Collective bargaining shall commence at least 90 days prior...

§ 1614. Mediation. - (a) If, after a reasonable period of negotiations over the...

§ 1615. Binding interest arbitration. - (a) Within 7 working days of receipt of a petition...

§ 1616. Strikes prohibited. - (a) No public employee shall strike while in the performance...

§ 1617. Injunctions. - (a) Chancery Court is vested with the authority to hear...

§ 1618. Status of existing exclusive representative. - An employee organization that has been certified as the exclusive...

Subchapter II. Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act [Effective upon enactment of comparable federal law]

§ 1621. Definitions [Effective upon enactment of comparable federal law]. - As used in this subchapter the term “employee” shall not...

§ 1622. Waiver of overtime compensation [Effective upon enactment of comparable federal law]. - The employer of a firefighter or member of a rescue...

§ 1623. Coercion [Effective upon enactment of comparable federal law]. - No employer may require directly or indirectly an employee who...