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Amending Chapter 9-4100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to modify the manner in which certain leave benefits are administered during a pandemic or epidemic, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 9. REGULATIONS OF BUSINESSES TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.
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CHAPTER 9-4100. PROMOTING HEALTHY FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES
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? 9-4103. Definitions.
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(13) Pool employee means any health care professional, other than an employee of a temporary placement agency, who works only when he or she indicates that he or she is available for work and who has no obligation to work when he or she does not indicate availability.
(14) Public Health Emergency means a declared or proclaimed emergency related to a public health threat, risk, disaster or emergency that affects Philadelphia that is made or issued by a federal, state or local official with the authority to make or issue such a declaration or proclamation, beginning on the earliest effective date of any such declaration or proclamation and ending on the date the last such declaration or proclamation ends, whether through expiration or termination.
[(14)](15) Retaliatory personnel action means the discharge, suspension, or demotion by an employer of an employee or any other adverse action taken by an employer against an employee.
[(15)](16) Seasonal worker means a person who has been hired for a temporary period of not more than sixteen weeks during a calendar year.
[(16)](17) Sexual assault means any physical sexual contact without the consent of the victim.
[(17)](18) Sick time means time off from work that is provided by an employer to an employee, whether paid or ...
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