Official:Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination,” amending Chapter 9-4100, entitled “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces,” and adding a new Chapter, entitled “Protections for Domestic Workers,” all to provide protections for domestic workers and to establish remedial and enforcement provisions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: June 20, 2019
Signed: October 31, 2019
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill adds protections for domestic workers in Philadelphia, including anti-discrimination laws and enforcement provisions.
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