DeLuca Releases Work Records

Dover, Del. —Delaware Senate President Pro Tem Anthony DeLuca this evening provided reporters with details about how he divides his time between his work as a lawmaker and his duties as an administrator with the Delaware Department of Labor.

The Varlano Democrat released copies of unpaid leave requests filed with his departmental supervisor dating back to January of 2010 and covering each day the Senate was in session, as well as other days where he participated in off-session legislative meetings.

Most of the documents show that on a typical Senate session day, DeLuca clocked in at his labor department job in the Carvel building in Wilmington at 7 a.m., then clocked out around noon—presumably when he left for Dover.

The rest of the afternoon spent at Legislative Hall, up until DeLuca’s scheduled eight-hour shift at the DOL ends at 3 p.m., is listed as unpaid leave.

The records appear to show that DeLuca has not been getting paid for his labor department job while he has been working on Senate business.

In 2010, DeLuca logged 252.5 hours of unpaid leave for legislative business. He’s recorded 154.5 hours through May 31 of this year.

DeLuca was not available for comment when the documents were released, said Senate Democratic caucus spokesman Patrick Jackson, who was instructed to give the leave records to reporters late Tuesday.

For the last six months, DeLuca has been the subject of press probes seeking documents substantiating his work habits at both jobs.

from the Sussex Countian