Protecting the rights and interests of individuals, businesses and families across Delaware.
Most people have heard of due process but few have heard of Loudermill hearings. Every American citizen has the right to due process: You cannot be deprived of your life liberty or property without you being told of it and given a fair hearing before the property is...
Delaware is an “at will” employment state. Many people, including mid-level managers and executives, believe that this means there is no legal recourse after a wrongful termination or a job loss due to a merger or restructuring. Sometimes people are fired or “let go”...
You may be a college educated, middle-aged manager at a medium-sized tech company. You may have health insurance, be vested in your 401k and have life insurance through your employer. You may be vaguely aware that there exists some kind of disability insurance for...
Workers in Delaware are protected under ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Your employee benefits like your retirement plan, disability insurance or profit-sharing scheme may be important to your future, and this law sets in place standards by which...
America’s labor history is a mixed tale of advancement/opportunity coupled with myriad types of detriment imposed upon workers. As for the latter, Delaware readers of our employment law blog at Martin D. Haverly in Wilmington might merely consider the myriad types of...
There are legal protections for workers when it comes to sexual harassment no matter the size of the company where they work. For companies in Delaware and throughout the U.S. that have more than 15 employees, federal law mandates that employees be free from unwelcome...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission processed a total of 72,675 workplace discrimination complaints in fiscal year 2019. This figure illustrates the extent that discriminatory attitudes and practices affect workplaces. In the interest of preventing costly...
Today’s blog post at the long-tenured Delaware employment law firm of Martin D. Haverly targets a relatively narrow and specific audience. Namely, that is the workplace demographic of higher-tier (read executive) employees. That worker realm is notably confined when...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) sets minimum requirements for benefit plan eligibility and protects any assets placed in those plans. After a certain amount of time working for your Delaware employer, you may find yourself needing to file a claim...
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. We would ask Delaware readers of our Wilmington employment law blog at Martin D. Haverly to please excuse our reference to a most time-worn and arguably overused maxim. The duck analogy,...