DOVER -- A Department of Labor office run by Senate President Pro Tem Anthony DeLuca will be officially separated from the finances of another office to clear a backlog of workplace discrimination complaints, alleviating a potential legal conflict for DeLuca.
The Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday approved splitting the Office of Anti-Discrimination from DeLuca's Office of Labor Law Enforcement under the state's operating budget.
During DeLuca's six years as an administrator at the Department of Labor, his office's funding has been commingled with a federal contract for discrimination investigations. A News Journal story in March revealed records showing DeLuca initially supervised discrimination investigators, even though a federal law prohibits elected state officials like himself from overseeing federal contracts.
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