Official:Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," by requiring the City's Labor Standards Unit to enforce the City's contract requirements for Workforce Diversity and by providing penalties for contractor failure to make good faith efforts to meet Workforce Diversity goals, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: January 21, 2016
Signed: March 31, 2016
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires contractors working with the City of Philadelphia to make good faith efforts to meet Workforce Diversity goals and imposes penalties for failure to do so.
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