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The enacted bill changes Philadelphia’s minimum compensation rules for covered employees of employers subject to the city’s 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard. If an employer provides health benefits, covered full-time, non-temporary, non-seasonal employees must receive benefits at least as valuable as the least valuable benefits provided to the employer’s other full-time employees, and they must receive sick leave under the city’s Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces rules, with two exceptions.

Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," to revise the benefits required to be provided in connection with application of the Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage Standard, under certain terms and conditions.