Welcome to the Delaware Department of Labor! Today is Sunday, May, 26, 2013.

A Message from the Secretary

The Honorable John McMahon

The Labor Department's support to the residents and businesses of Delaware, along with this web site, is continually updated to meet the changing needs of all sectors of Delaware's workforce. Many challenges are met daily as the Department utilizes state-of-the-art technology and a well trained customer service oriented staff to better serve and support the needs of all of Delaware's employees and employers.

The Department of Labor and its partner, the Delaware Workforce Investment Board, strive to work together to help Delaware businesses build a strong and successful workforce. Visit the Workforce Investment Board to read about what role the board plays in job development in Delaware.

Information about how to locate a job, find and hire workers, and understand what the growing occupations, unemployment rates and the hot jobs in Delaware are in the Labor Market Information section.

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EUC Payments to Be Reduced as the Result of the Federal Government’s Sequestration Budget Cuts

The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-25) requires across-the-board budget cuts to many federal programs, including the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program. These reductions are generally known as “sequestration” budget cuts. This means that all payments of EUC for weeks that begin on or after April 28, 2013 must be reduced by 12.8% for weeks of unemployment through September 2013. The first payment of EUC that will be reduced is payment for the week ending May 4, 2013.

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