Amending Chapter 9-2300 of The Philadelphia Code ("Protection of Displaced Contract Workers") to provide protections for service employees, including laid-off employees, all under certain terms and conditions.

Amending Chapter 9-2300 of The Philadelphia Code (“Protection of Displaced Contract Workers”) to provide protections for service employees, including laid-off employees, all under certain terms and conditions. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Chapter 9-2300 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows: TITLE 9. Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions * * * CHAPTER 9-2300. PROTECTION OF DISPLACED [CONTRACT WORKERS] SERVICE EMPLOYEES * * * § 9-2301. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply throughout this Chapter. (1) Covered employer [Awarding authority] means any person that directly employs service employees at any covered property or awards or otherwise enters into contracts, including subcontracts, with any contractor for [any of the following] services performed by service employees at any covered property [within the City of Philadelphia: (a) security; (b) janitorial services; (c) building maintenance; (d) food and beverage; (e) hotel service; (f) health care services; (g) services by parking employees, as defined at subsection 9-4701(6); or (h) services by covered airport service employees as defined at subsection 17-107(1)(t)(.1)]. (2) Contractor means any person that enters into a service contract with the covered employer [awarding authority], and any subcontractors to such service contract at any tier, who employs service employees at any covered property [ten (10) or more persons]. (3) Customary seasona…