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Mayor Nutter signs GOODE New Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard into Law
Submitted by Councilman Goode on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 2:08pm.
Mayor Michael A. Nutter has signed the New Minimum Wage and Benefits Bill introduced by Councilman W. Wilson Goode, Jr. on January 24, 2008 into law.
The New Minimum Wage and Benefits Ordinance will require City-supported employers to pay at least 150% of the federal minimum wage to its employees as of July 2009, and to the extent that the Employer provides health benefits to any of its employees, the Employer shall provide each full-time Employee health benefits at least as valuable as the basic health benefits that are provided to the Employer’s other full-time employees.
Under Goode’s 2005 landmark living wage legislation, City-supported employers must now pay at least 150% of the state minimum wage (which currently amounts to at least $10.72 per hour for City-covered workers) but there was no standard set for minimum benefits.
In July of 2009, the federal minimum wage is set to exceed the state minimum wage - and Goode’s new ordinance will require covered employees in Philadelphia to be paid at least $10.88 per hour, with comparable basic health benefits for full-time employees.
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Thanks Councilman, this is
Thanks Councilman, this is really cool. In a nutshell- what defines a city supported business?
City-Supported Employers
§17-1303. Employers Subject to the Requirements of this Chapter. The employers described below shall comply with the minimum compensation standards established by this Chapter .
(1) The City of Philadelphia, including all its agencies, departments and offices.
(2) For-profit Service Contractors, which receive or are subcontractors on contract(s) for $10,000 or more from the City in a twelve-month period, with annual gross receipts of more than $1,000,000.
(3) Non-profit Service Contractors which receive or are subcontractors on contract(s) from the City of more than $100,000 in a twelve-month period.
(4) Recipients of City leases, concessions, or franchises, or subcontractors thereof, which employ more than twenty-five (25) employees.
(5) City financial aid recipients. Compliance shall be required for a period of five (5) years following receipt of aid.
(6) Public agencies, which receive contract(s) for $10,000 or more from the City in a twelve-month period.
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