City of Philadelphia - File #: 000108

• File #: 000108
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 2/24/2000
• In control: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
• Final action: 5/31/2000
• Title: Enacting a new Chapter 9-2300 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Protection of Displaced Contract Workers", and amending Section 19-2602, entitled "Licenses" to require that all contractors awarded contracts for the performance of food and beverage, hotel service, health care, janitorial or building maintenance services within the City of Philadelphia retain certain non-supervisory employees of the previous contractor for a 90-day transition employment period during which period retained employees may not be terminated except for cause, and to require that said employees be provided with various other job security protections, providing penalties for non-compliance, including but not limited to revocation of the business privilege license of violators, and granting remedies to aggrieved parties; all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember DiCicco
• Indexes: LICENSES
• Code sections: 19-2602 - Licenses, 9-2300 - PROTECTION OF DISPLACED CONTRACT WORKERS, 9-2301 - Definitions, 9-2302 - Transition Employment Period, 9-2303 - Enforcement, 9-2304 - Notice to Displaced Worker

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/31/2000	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/11/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
5/11/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:1
4/27/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
4/27/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
4/27/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
4/25/2000	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/25/2000	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	AMENDED
4/25/2000	1	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
3/30/2000	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/30/2000	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	RECESSED
2/24/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced
2/24/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	Referred

Title
Enacting a new Chapter 9-2300 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Protection of Displaced Contract Workers", and amending Section 19-2602, entitled "Licenses" to require that all contractors awarded contracts for the performance of food and beverage, hotel service, health care, janitorial or building maintenance services within the City of Philadelphia retain certain non-supervisory employees of the previous contractor for a 90-day transition employment period during which period retained employees may not be terminated except for cause, and to require that said employees be provided with various other job security protections, providing penalties for non-compliance, including but not limited to revocation of the business privilege license of violators, and granting remedies to aggrieved parties; all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. A new Chapter 9-2300 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Protection of Displaced Contract Workers", is hereby enacted, to read as follows:

CHAPTER 9-2300 PROTECTION OF DISPLACED CONTRACT WORKERS

Section 9-2301. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply throughout this Chapter:

(1) "Awarding authority" means any person that awards or otherwise enters into contracts for security, janitorial, building maintenance, food and beverage, hotel service, or health care services performed within the City of Philadelphia, including any subcontracts for these services.

(2) "Contractor" means any person that enters into a service contract with the awarding authority and any sub-contractors to such service contract at any tier, who employs ten (10) or more persons.

(3) "Employee" means any person employed to provide services pursuant to a service contract and includes registered nurses. "Employee" does not include a person who is (a) a managerial, supervisory, or confidential employee, including those employees who would so be defined...