Recent Updates

Philadelphia, PA – Fair Workweek (May 2020)

• The ordinance requires covered employers to provide predictable scheduling to some service, hospitality, and retail workers.
• A ‘covered employer’ is defined as a retail, hospitality or food service establishment that employs more than 250 full-time, part-time, or temporary employees, and has more than 30 locations worldwide
• The ordinance mandates that the employer must:
  • Give advanced notice of schedules
  • Provide predictable pay for schedule changes
  • Allow employees to refuse extra, non-scheduled hours
  • Give current employees the right to refuse before hiring new employees
  • Provide 9 hours of rest between certain shifts unless the employee provides written consent and is compensated.
• For the first year, only unpaid sick time must accrue at this rate.
• Employers must provide a ‘good-faith estimate’ of an employee’s schedule at the time of hire.
• The notice includes contact information for the Office of Benefits and Wage Compliance.
• Effective date 3/15/20

Philadelphia Historical Labor Law Updates:

Wage Theft – Jul 2016