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Adding a new Chapter 9-5300 to The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Travel and Hospitality Worker Recall and Retention," to require that certain laid-off employees in certain hospitality and travel-related industries are offered job positions as they become available, all under certain terms and conditions.
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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. REGULATIONS OF BUSINESSES, TRADES, AND PROFESSIONS
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CHAPTER 9-5300. TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY WORKER RECALL AND RETENTION
? 9-5301. Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply to this Chapter:
(1) "Airport" means the Philadelphia International Airport.
(2) "Airport Hospitality Operation" means a business enterprise that prepares, delivers, inspects, or provides any other service in connection with the preparation of, food or beverage for aircraft crew or passengers at the Airport, or that provides food and beverage, retail, or other consumer goods or services to the public at the Airport. The term airport hospitality operation does not include an air carrier certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
(3) "Covered Enterprise" means an Airport Hospitality Operation, a Hotel, or an Event Center.
(4) "Customary Seasonal Work" means work performed by an employee at an event center during approximately the same part of each calendar year, such as summer or winter.
(5) "Employee" means any person employed or permitted to work at or for a Covered Enterprise within the geographic boundaries of the City of Philadelphia, who is required under state or federal law to be paid at an overtime rate for hours in excess of a maximum number per workweek or Work Week, including but not limited to full-time employees, part-time employees, and seasonal and temporary workers; or any person employed or permitted to work at or for a Covered Ent...
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