PASSED

The enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard to allow employers that violate it to be barred for up to three years from receiving City financial assistance or bidding on or participating in future City contracts. It also allows City Council, after a public hearing, to refer suspected violations for review, with the appropriate City agency required to give notice and hold a hearing before making a final decision about a violation and possible debarment.

Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage And Benefits Standard," by providing that those who violate the Chapter may be suspended from receiving financial assistance from the City or from bidding on or participating in future City contracts for a period of time, and further providing that Council may by resolution determine that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of that Chapter has occurred, that the violator should be subject to debarment, and that the appropriate City agency shall, after notice and hearing, make a final determination as to whether there has been a violation of the Chapter and whether debarment should be imposed, all under certain terms and conditions.