Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter to require certain covered employers to provide "Fair Workweek Employment Standards" for certain employees, including but not limited to reasonable notice of schedules, rest time between shifts, and opportunities for additional hours, and providing for enforcement and penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gym
Introduced: June 14, 2018
Signed: December 6, 2018
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires certain large employers to give their employees fair notice of work schedules and rest time between shifts, as well as opportunities for extra hours.
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