Official:Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," to provide that certain City contractors must offer the same benefits to the life partners of their employees as are offered to the spouses of married employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: February 3, 2011
Signed: December 1, 2011
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law requires City contractors with contracts worth $250,000 or more to offer the same benefits to their employees' life partners as they do to spouses of married employees.
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