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This enacted ordinance requires employers to give employees the full amount of customer gratuities, including tips paid by credit card without deducting processing fees, by the next regular payday. It allows tip pooling among employees who directly serve customers and provides for city enforcement, fines, and employees’ right to sue for damages and other relief when the rules are violated.

Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adding a new Section regulating an employer's treatment of gratuities left by patrons for employees, including, but not limited to, a requirement that all gratuities be paid over to employees without deduction, including, in the case of a gratuity paid by credit card, any deduction for credit card processing fees; providing penalties for violations; and providing for a private right of action for employees aggrieved by violations of the Section; all under certain terms and conditions.