City of Philadelphia - File #: 180649-A

• File #: 180649-A
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 6/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Law and Government
• Final action: 12/6/2018
• Title: Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter to require certain covered employers to provide "Fair Workweek Employment Standards" for certain employees, including but not limited to reasonable notice of schedules, rest time between shifts, and opportunities for additional hours, and providing for enforcement and penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Johnson

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/20/2018	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/6/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	14:3
11/29/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
11/29/2018	2	CITY COUNCIL	AMENDED
11/29/2018	2	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
11/15/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
11/1/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/30/2018	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/30/2018	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING HELD
10/30/2018	0	Committee on Law and Government	AMENDED
10/30/2018	1	Committee on Law and Government	REPORTED FAVORABLY
6/14/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter to require certain covered employers to provide "Fair Workweek Employment Standards" for certain employees, including but not limited to reasonable notice of schedules, rest time between shifts, and opportunities for additional hours, and providing for enforcement and penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
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. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.

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CHAPTER 9-4600. FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS.

§ 9-4601. Definitions.

(1) Agency. Such office as the Mayor shall designate to administer and enforce this Chapter.

(2) Work Week. A period of seven consecutive days beginning on any designated day.

(3) Chain. A set of establishments that do business under the same trade name and that are characterized by standardized options for decor, marketing, packaging, products and services, regardless of the type of ownership of each individual establishment. This Chapter shall not apply to establishments which offer individual products under an individual license agreement but which otherwise do not meet this definition.

(4) Covered Employer. For purposes of this Chapter, limited to an Employer that is: A Retail Establishment, a Hospitality Establishment or a Food Services Establishment as defined in this Section, that employs 250 or more employees and has 30 or more locations worldwide regardless of where those employees perform work, including but not limited to chain establishments or franchises associated with a franchisor or network of franchises that employ more than 250 employees in aggregate. In determining the number of employees for pur...