Calling on the Office of Labor Standards to convene the Living Wage Advisory Committee pursuant to §17-1311 of The Philadelphia Code, to review the implementation and effectiveness of Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code entitled, "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage Standard," and to make recommendations to City Council before December 31, 2006.

WHEREAS, The City Council established a nine (9) person committee entitled the “Living Wage Advisory Committee,” the purpose of which was to meet at least quarterly with all meetings open to the public, to review the implementation and effectiveness of Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding this Chapter; and

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State Legislature has raised the state minimum wage which automatically increases the local minimum wage standard for covered employees; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Council calls on the Office of Labor Standards to convene the Living Wage Advisory Committee pursuant to §17-1311 of The Philadelphia Code, the purpose of which shall be to review the implementation and effectiveness of Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code entitled, “Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage Standard”; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Living Wage Advisory Committee make recommendations to the City Council regarding the implementation and effectiveness of Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code before December 31, 2006.

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