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Amending Section 9-4116 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "2021 Public Health Emergency Leave," to establish additional leave time under certain circumstance, modify existing provisions concerning the paid sick leave, and make technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 9-4116. [2021 Public Health Emergency Leave.] COVID-19 Leave.
(1) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section 9-4116 the following definitions shall apply in place of any definition provided under Section 9-4103:
(a) "COVID-19" is SARS-CoV-2 and any of its variants.
[(a)] (b) "Employer" is as defined in the Act of January 17, 1968, P.L. 11, No. 5, ? 3 (43 P.S. ? 333.103(g), excluding employers who employ less than twenty-five (25) employees.
[(b)] (c)"Employee" is an individual (i) working for that Employer within Philadelphia after the effective date of this Ordinance, (ii) who normally works for that Employer within the City of Philadelphia but is currently teleworking from any other location as a result of COVID-19, or (iii) works for that Employer from multiple locations or from mobile locations, provided that 51% or more of such employee's time is present within the City of Philadelphia.
[(c)] (d) ["Public health emergency leave"] "COVID-19 leave" means time that is compensated at the regular rate of pay as that term is defined under 34 Pa. Code ? 231.43, and with the same benefits, including health care benefits, as the covered individual normally earns from the hiring entity at the time the covered individual uses the public health emergency leave and is provided by a hiring entity to a covered individual for the purposes described in ? 9-4116 provided that in no case shall the hourly rate be less than the full minimum wage provided under 43 P.S. ? 333.104.
[(d) "Public health emergency" means a declared o...
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