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Amending Chapter 9-2300 of The Philadelphia Code ("Protection of Displaced Contract Workers") to provide protections for service employees, including laid-off employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9-2300 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
TITLE 9. Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions
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CHAPTER 9-2300. PROTECTION OF DISPLACED [CONTRACT WORKERS] SERVICE EMPLOYEES
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? 9-2301. Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply throughout this Chapter.
(1) Covered employer [Awarding authority] means any person that directly employs service employees at any covered property or awards or otherwise enters into contracts, including subcontracts, with any contractor for [any of the following] services performed by service employees at any covered property [within the City of Philadelphia: (a) security; (b) janitorial services; (c) building maintenance; (d) food and beverage; (e) hotel service; (f) health care services; (g) services by parking employees, as defined at subsection 9-4701(6); or (h) services by covered airport service employees as defined at subsection 17-107(1)(t)(.1)].
(2) Contractor means any person that enters into a service contract with the covered employer [awarding authority], and any subcontractors to such service contract at any tier, who employs service employees at any covered property [ten (10) or more persons].
(3) Customary seasonal work means work performed by an employee during only the same approximate part of each calendar year, such as summer or winter.
(4) Service e[E]mployee means any person employed at any covered property to provide any of the following services pursuant to a service contract or direct employment with a covered employer or successor employer: (a) security; (b) janitorial services; (c) building maintenance; (d) concierge servi...
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