Delaware
For Delaware, program name is Delaware Paid Leave; benefits start date is January 1, 2026; total contribution rate is 0.80 percent; employer share is split between employer and employee; employee share is split between employer and employee, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- State
- Delaware verified
- Program name
- Delaware Paid Leave
- Benefits start date
- January 1, 2026
- Total contribution rate
- 0.80 percent
- Employer share
- split between employer and employee
- Employee share
- split between employer and employee
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $900
- Wage replacement formula
- 80 percent of the individual's average weekly wage, up to a cap of $900 per week in the program's first two years (2026 and 2027)
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Medical leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Employer size threshold
- 10 employees verified
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, military exigency our reading
- Program website
- https://labor.delaware.gov/delaware-paid-leave/
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Colorado’s law was expanded beginning in 2026 to include an additional 12 weeks of leave for parents with babies in a neonatal intensive care unit—the first state in the country to offer NICU leave. The law also includes both military exigency leave and “safe” leave for survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault. See <https://famli.colorado.gov/individuals-and-families> Colorado Department of Labor and Employment . In Maryland, the rate that workers and employers will contribute has initially been set at .9 percent. Maryland’s law also includes employer-side contribution exemptions for businesses with fewer than 15 employees. The taxable wage base is the Social Security cap. Maryland’s law covers military exigency leave. See <https://paidleave.maryland.gov/employers/Pages/home.aspx> Maryland FAMLI Employers Page . In Delaware, the statute prescribes the tax rate but does not specify a limit on the taxable wage base, however, the implementing agency has set the rate at the Social Security wage base. Delaware’s contribution amounts are subdivided by statute for each type of leave—parental (.32 percent), medical (.4 percent), and family care (.08 percent)—and the statute includes a trigger that would reduce benefit levels if contribution amounts exceed 1 percent. In addition, coverage and eligibility rules are restrictive: Businesses with fewer than 10 employees
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/