Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by requiring employers subject to that Chapter to provide certain earned sick leave benefits to employees covered by that Chapter, all under certain terms and conditions.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 17-1300. PHILADELPHIA 21ST CENTURY MINIMUM WAGE AND BENEFITS STANDARD.
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§17-1305. Compensation Required to be Paid to Employees.
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, an Employer subject to this Chapter shall provide its covered Employees the following minimum compensation:
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(2) Minimum Benefits Standard. To the extent the employer provides health benefits to any of its employees, the Employer shall provide each full-time, non-temporary, non-seasonal covered Employee health benefits at least as valuable as the least valuable health benefits that are provided to any other full-time employees of the Employer.
The Employer shall also provide to each full-time, non-temporary, non-seasonal covered Employee at least the number of
earned sick leave days that the Employer would have been required to provide to such Employees if the provisions of Bill No. 080474-AA, as passed by Council on June 16, 2011, had been enacted into law.
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SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2012.
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Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Pass
Official action detail
A motion was made by Councilmember Goode that this matter be Introduced and Referred to the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development. The motion carried unanimously.
