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Philadelphia City Council votes to protect laid-off hospitality workers. More cities need to follow

Leave a Comment / layoffs, Pandemic / By max cyril

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the hospitality industry, with the fallout still growing. This week the Philadelphia City Council took steps to protect workers when the economic recovery begins, unanimously passing legislation to give laid-off hospitality workers the right to be rehired when jobs start coming back. The bill could eventually help 12,000 Philadelphia hotel housekeepers, stadium …

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Philadelphia Just Passed the Strongest Fair Scheduling Law in the Nation

Leave a Comment / scheduling / By max cyril

Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the country, just enacted the most sweeping bill yet to give low-wage workers some control over their schedules. The city’s new law, which passed the city council on Thursday, will require businesses with more than 250 employees and more than 30 locations worldwide to provide employees their schedules at …

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Philadelphia may be next city to pass a fair workweek law

Leave a Comment / scheduling / By max cyril

On-call scheduling is one of the worst common and legal abuses inflicted on service workers that non-service workers may know nothing about. The practice, in which bosses don’t give workers set schedules but force them to be available at the drop of a hat, can make it virtually impossible to hold a second job; hugely complicates childcare arrangements …

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Public transportation is a jobs and equality issue

Philadelphia Joins the Growing List of State/Local Governments Passing Paid Sick Days Laws

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

The city of Philadelphia is set to become the 17th city (along with three states) that requires paid sick leave after Mayor Michael Nutter (D) signed legislation passed yesterday by the City Council. Philadelphia is the second city, after Tacoma, Wash., to pass paid sick days this year so far. Nutter previously vetoed similar laws …

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Philadelphia City Council votes to protect laid-off hospitality workers. More cities need to follow

Philadelphia Just Passed the Strongest Fair Scheduling Law in the Nation

Philadelphia may be next city to pass a fair workweek law

Public transportation is a jobs and equality issue

Philadelphia Joins the Growing List of State/Local Governments Passing Paid Sick Days Laws

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