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Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," by requiring a certain number of apprentices and journeymen on every City-work contract, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended as follows:
ยง17-107. Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships.
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(2) Contracts.
(a) The specifications for all city-work contracts shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid for each occupational classification of employees. Such minimum wages shall be the prevailing wages as defined herein for the corresponding classification of employees.
(b) Every City-work contract shall contain a provision requiring every contractor and/or subcontractor to employ one apprentice for every three journeymen employed at the job site.
[(b)] (c) Every City-work contract shall contain a provision that all employees performing city-work other than apprentices and job trainees as provided below shall be paid at least the applicable prevailing wages for journeymen and given at least the applicable working conditions; and that, upon any violation of this Section or any regulations promulgated hereunder, the City may withhold any sums remaining due on the contract until such time as the violation is remedied or, if the violation is not remedied promptly, the City may take such payments directly to affected employees, out of withheld sums, as may be necessary to remedy the violation.
(.1) An apprentice may be paid less than prevailing wage, provided that:
(.a) Such apprentice is employed, pursuant to, and individually registered in, a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or with a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by...
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