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Paid leave in Delaware

Weeks, pay, and how to stack it - the Delaware programs below, with the official sources and the dates the rules were checked.

State rules checked 2026-11-10 (rules file v1.0.1).

Run your numbers: the paid leave calculator, set to Delaware, stacks these rules with your pay, due date, and employer benefits into one week-by-week plan.

The programs

Delaware Paid Leave

80% of your average weekly wage. Minimum $100/week, maximum $900/week (2026-2027).

Parental leave: up to 12 weeks per application year. Medical leave and family caregiving leave share one pool of up to 6 weeks in any 24-month period. All leave combined caps at 12 weeks in an application year - for a birth, recovery uses the medical pool first, then parental weeks fill up to the 12-week cap.

Maximum $900/week. Minimum $100/week. No waiting period.

Employers with 10 or more employees are covered for parental leave; medical and family caregiving leave apply at employers with 25 or more. Except for parental leave, benefits are payable only once in a 24-month period (§ 3703(c)).

Rules effective January 1, 2026. Source: Delaware Code, Title 19, Ch. 37, § 3703 (Duration of benefits), checked 2026-11-10.

How it stacks

One program - Delaware Paid Leave - covers both recovery and bonding. Medical weeks and family weeks come out of one combined limit: 12 weeks.

One program covers parental and medical leave. File through Delaware Paid Leave. New program - benefits began January 1, 2026.

Federal FMLA job protection, if you qualify, runs at the same time as the paid weeks. It does not add paid weeks after them. Employer paid leave, a short-term disability policy, and PTO can fill the unpaid gaps - the calculator stacks all of it on one timeline.

Job protection

Pay and job protection are separate tracks. The FMLA track below shows federal protection if you qualify; Delaware Paid Leave has its own rules - see the official sources.

Federal FMLA gives up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave if you qualify: employer with 50+ employees within 75 miles, 12+ months on the job, and 1,250+ hours worked in the last year. It pays nothing. It runs at the same time as paid leave, not after it.

Questions

How much does paid leave pay in Delaware?: Delaware Paid Leave: 80% of your average weekly wage. Minimum $100/week, maximum $900/week (2026-2027).
How many weeks of paid leave do you get in Delaware?: Delaware Paid Leave: Parental leave: up to 12 weeks per application year. Medical leave and family caregiving leave share one pool of up to 6 weeks in any 24-month period. All leave combined caps at 12 weeks in an application year - for a birth, recovery uses the medical pool first, then parental weeks fill up to the 12-week cap.
When do these rates apply from?: Delaware Paid Leave rates apply from January 1, 2026. Figures checked 2026-11-10.
Does Delaware paid leave protect your job?: Pay and job protection are separate tracks. The FMLA track below shows federal protection if you qualify; Delaware Paid Leave has its own rules - see the official sources.
How do you file, and in what order?: One program covers parental and medical leave. File through Delaware Paid Leave. New program - benefits began January 1, 2026.

See your own plan: the paid leave calculator, set to Delaware, stacks these rules with your pay, due date, and employer benefits into one week-by-week plan.