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Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to provide that building service employees performing labor under certain building service contracts, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions; and to provide for certain exemptions or exclusions, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHIILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§17-107.Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships.
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(1) Definitions. In this section, the following definitions apply:
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(d) Building Service Employee. A person performing work in connection with the care and maintenance of a building or property, including but not limited to watchman, guard, doorperson, building cleaner, janitor, custodian, porter, maintenance person, handyperson, elevator operator or starter, window cleaner, desk clerk, housekeeper, gardener, [and] groundskeeper and cleaner of public property or the public right-of-way.
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(m) Prevailing Wages.
(.1) With respect to each classification of building service employee, as follows: The aggregate of (a) the greater of (i) the wage paid to the majority (more than 50 percent) of workers in the classification at similar locations in the City of Philadelphia, or, if the same wage is not paid to a majority of those employed in the classification, the average of the wages paid weighted by the total employed in the classification at similar locations; provided that the Director is authorized to determine a reasonable approximation of the foregoing or (ii) the wages determined by the Secretary of Labor under the Service Contract Act, 41 U.S.C. § 351 et seq.[or other related acts] for that classification; and (b) the greater of the additional benefits[,] provided to the majority (more than 50 percent...
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