Official:Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to provide that building service employees performing labor under certain building service contracts, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions; and to provide for certain exemptions or exclusions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gym
Introduced: September 8, 2016
Signed: October 6, 2016
: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law requires that building service employees in Philadelphia earn at least the prevailing wage and working conditions for their job classification.
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