City of Philadelphia - File #: 000793

• File #: 000793
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 12/14/2000
• In control: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
• Title: Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions" by adding a new Section 9-2400 entitled "Prohibition on Using City Funds for Anti-Unionization Practices", by restricting any employer whom receives City funds from directly using those funds in whole or in part to discourage unionization by that employer's employees or any other employees, and by requiring any recipient of City funds to account for the City funds designated by the City for use, and by allowing a labor organization or collective bargaining representative to file a complaint with the Director of the Philadelphia Labor Standards Unit and by requiring within a certain time period of receiving such a complaint to hold a hearing to determine whether the alleged violation has occurred, and by allowing the Director of the Philadelphia Labor Standards Unit to order the employer thereafter to keep accurate and complete records of the employer's expenditures of all City funds r...
• Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Kenney
• Indexes: PREDATORY LENDING
• Code sections: 9-2400 - Prohibition Against Predatory Lending, 9-2401 - Legislative Findings, 9-2402 - Definitions, 9-2403 - Procedures, 9-2404 - Prohibition on Uses, 9-2405 - Accounting Procedures, 9-2406 - Grievance Procedures, 9-2407 - Severability

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/14/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
12/14/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions" by adding a new Section 9-2400 entitled "Prohibition on Using City Funds for Anti-Unionization Practices", by restricting any employer whom receives City funds from directly using those funds in whole or in part to discourage unionization by that employer's employees or any other employees, and by requiring any recipient of City funds to account for the City funds designated by the City for use, and by allowing a labor organization or collective bargaining representative to file a complaint with the Director of the Philadelphia Labor Standards Unit and by requiring within a certain time period of receiving such a complaint to hold a hearing to determine whether the alleged violation has occurred, and by allowing the Director of the Philadelphia Labor Standards Unit to order the employer thereafter to keep accurate and complete records of the employer's expenditures of all City funds received by the employer and by requiring that following a certification by the Director of the Philadelphia Labor Standards Unit that any employer has willfully or materially failed to comply with the recordkeeping requirements or has failed or refused to promptly provide the Director of the Philadelphia Labor Standards Unit or his or her designated representative access to the employer's records for the purpose of conducting an audit the employer shall be ineligible to receive City funds until the Director of the Philadelphia Labor Standards Unit certifies that the employer is in full compliance with those requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. A new Chapter 9-2400 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Prohibition on Using City Funds for Anti-Unionization Practices", is hereby enacted, to read as follows:

CHAPTER 9-2400. PROHIBITION ON USING CITY FUNDS FOR
ANTI-UNIONIZATION PRACTI...