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This enacted ordinance requires private employers with 50 or more covered employees in Philadelphia to offer at least one commuter benefit: pre-tax payroll deductions for public transit or bicycle commuting, an employer-paid transit pass or fare instrument, or a combination. Employees can report violations to the designated city agency, which may investigate, issue warnings, and seek court-ordered compliance and fines; the ordinance took effect December 31, 2022.

Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter, entitled "Employee Commuter Transit Benefit Programs," to require certain employers to provide a mass transit and bicycle commuter benefit program, under certain terms and conditions.