Official:Amending Chapter 9-4100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces,” by adding new definitions and requirements to ensure that certain health care employees are compensated for lost wages and medical expenses in the event they contract a communicable disease at work during a pandemic or epidemic event, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Oh
Introduced: May 1, 2020
Signed: June 25, 2020
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires healthcare employers in Philadelphia to compensate employees for lost wages and medical expenses if they contract a communicable disease during a pandemic or epidemic event.
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