Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by creating a wage theft coordinator for the City and adding definitions, duties, penalties, fees, procedural requirements, a private right of action and other related items regarding wage theft ; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee
Introduced: October 8, 2015
Signed: November 12, 2015
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law creates a wage theft coordinator for Philadelphia and sets definitions, duties, penalties, fees, and procedures to help employees who are not paid correctly by their employers.
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