5 City Ordinances Every Employer With Employees in Philadelphia Should Know
The City of Philadelphia maintains several employment-specific ordinances that enhance preexisting state and federal employee protections or create new employment rights. Some of these apply even if the employer has only one employee in Philadelphia. Quick Hits Employers doing business in Philadelphia will want to be aware of several key employment-specific ordinances—including laws governing fair criminal record screening standards (“ban the box”), sick leave benefits, predictive scheduling, pre-employment drug testing, and transit benefits —that provide rights and protections for employees and compliance responsibilities for employers in the city. Philadelphia’s “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” ordinance, for example, requires that employers allow eligible employees to accrue sick leave for qualifying purposes. The Philadelphia Code generally prohibits employers from conducting pre-employment drug testing for marijuana for applicants who will work in Philadelphia. Promotin...