Del. Code tit. 19 § 2004

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 510
Section 2004 - [Effective 12/29/2024] Offer of employment form letter

The offer of employment to a service employee under § 2002(e) of this title must use the following form or be substantially similar to the following form:

DATE:

TO: [Name of Service Employee]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR EMPLOYMENT

We have received information that you are employed by ____________________________ and are currently performing work at _______________________. Your current employer, ___________________, will no longer be providing services or employment at your worksite as of this date: ________________________________ because of the following reason:

[ ] Your current employer has lost its contract with the owners of your worksite.

[ ] Your current employer is contracting out for the service you perform.

[ ] Ownership of your worksite is changing.

We are [Name of Successor Employer] and will be providing the same service at your worksite. We are offering you a job with us for a 90-day probationary period that starts ________________________________, to perform the same type of work that you have already been doing, under the following terms:

Pay rate per hour: $ _______

Hours per shift: _______

Total hours per week: _______

Benefits:

If you want to continue working at this worksite, you must let us know by this date: _____________________. If we do not receive your response by the end of business that day, we will not hire you and you will lose your job. We can be reached by telephone at ____________________.

The Delaware Service Worker Protection Act gives you the following rights:

1.We must give you at least 10 days to accept this offer of employment.
2. You have the right, with certain exceptions, to be hired by us for the first 90 days that we begin to provide services at this worksite.
3. During this period, you cannot be fired without just cause.
4. If you believe that you have been fired or laid off in violation of the Service Worker Protection Act, you have the right to institute legal action, and if successful may be awarded back pay, reinstatement, damages, attorney's fees, and court costs.

FROM: [Name of successor employer]

Authorized Representative: ________________________

Address: ________________________

________________________

Telephone No.: ________________________

19 Del. C. § 2004

Added by Laws 2023, ch. 453,s 1, eff. 12/29/2024.