(a) All employees of the Corporation shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 59 of this title, as amended. Except as otherwise provided herein, such employees shall not be considered state employees for purposes of wages, salaries, fringe benefits or for purposes of any other benefits which may accrue to state employees whether exempt or merit employees, including benefits that may accrue under Executive Order No. 36 dated November 23, 1977. Such employees shall be considered state employees for the purposes of participating in the same group medical risk pool, Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund and the same deferred compensation plans available to state employees, although the terms of the group medical insurance, including benefits and coverage options provided to such employees, shall be determined by the Corporation and need not be the same as the terms available to state employees. The Corporation shall remit the full cost of such insurance to the State no later than the first day of each calendar month for which such insurance is being provided. The cost of such insurance shall be redetermined annually. The terms of medical insurance and deferred compensation programs available through the state shall not be a subject of collective bargaining. The Corporation shall establish pension plans for its employees who shall, for purposes of participation in any such plans, be governmental employees. Contributions by the Corporation and/or its employees pursuant to such plans shall be deposited into a fund established for these purposes. Benefits, fees and expenses authorized to be paid pursuant to such plans shall be paid from said fund. The assets of such fund may be commingled for investment purposes with the assets of the fund created by § 5541 of this title, referred to as the State Employees’ Retirement Fund. The fund established by the Corporation shall at all times be maintained separately for purposes of accounting and expenses. No assets of the State Employees’ Retirement Fund shall be used to pay benefits owed to employees of the Corporation. The Corporation’s pension plans shall be administered by the Board of Pension Trustees established by § 8308 of this title, upon such terms and conditions as the Corporation may negotiate with the Board of Pension Trustees.

(b) The Corporation shall be a public employer, as provided in § 1302(n) of Title 19, and the Corporation shall be subject to the Public Employment Relations Act, Chapter 13 of Title 19.

70 Del. Laws, c. 210, § 25; 70 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 12; 71 Del. Laws, c. 150, § 29; 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, § 19.