2025 Delaware Code
Title 29 - State Government
Chapter 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 5126. Compassionate leave.
(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Immediate family” means the employee's spouse or domestic partner; parent, stepparent or child of the employee, spouse or domestic partner; employee's grandparent or grandchild; employee's sibling; or any minor child for whom the employee has assumed and carried out parental responsibilities.
(2) “State employee” means any benefit-eligible full-time or part-time employee of the State hired to work 30 or more hours. “State employee” does not include casual seasonal employees as defined by § 5903(17)a. of this title, or an individual in an equivalent casual seasonal position with an employer covered by State employee benefits.
(b) Upon the death of an immediate family member, a state employee shall be granted 37.5 hours (37.5 hour weekly schedule) or 40 hours (40-hour weekly schedule) leave with pay, or on a pro-rata basis for part-time Delaware state employees.
(c) An employee requesting leave under this section must supply supporting documentation if requested.
(d) An employee may request approval for a person not specified as immediate family under subsection (a)(1) of this section.
84 Del. Laws, c. 77, § 1;
