You can file complaints through city if employer doesn’t pay out
JULY 07, 2016
BY DANIEL CRAIG
A new city ordinance gives employees working in the city of Philadelphia a tool to reclaim wages stolen by an employer.
The ordinance, signed into law by then-Mayor Michael Nutter in December 2015, went into effect on July 1.
The legislation was introduced by Councilman Bill Greenlee in an effort to curb the illegal practice in Philadelphia, where workers of color and those in the service industry are disproportionally affected, Al Dia News reported last year.
According to data, up to $32 million in wages is withheld from workers statewide every week, and about 93,000 instances of wage theft occur in that same time period in the Philadelphia metro area, according to the news outlet.