DELAWARE – Delaware workers may notice smaller paychecks starting this week, as the state rolls out its new Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Program. The program, created by the “Healthy Delaware Families Act” passed in 2022, introduces a 0.4% payroll deduction to fund paid family leave benefits.
While the state touts the program as a way for employees to receive income while taking family leave, not everyone is pleased with the change.
Tammy Downs of Laurel expressed frustration about the impact on her budget: “When you’re a single person and you’re not married, so you don’t have a double income, it’s just out of your check. You know, you’re living, which is hard right now. Expenses for everything—rent’s expensive, living’s expensive. So it’s a lot,” she said…