Major items exempt from the tax include food (not ready-to-eat); candy and gum; most clothing; textbooks; computer services; pharmaceutical drugs; sales for resale; and residential heating fuels such as oil, electricity, gas, coal and firewood.
§ 17-107. Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships. 42 (c) Competent and First Class Workmen and Mechanics. Only those workmen and mechanics who are duly skilled in their respective fields and who receive no less than the prevailing wages and are given no less than prevailing working conditions.
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The Philadelphia Wage Equity Ordinance is a law that makes it illegal for employers, employment agencies, or their agents to ask you about your current or prior salary history during the application or hiring process.
CHAPTER 17-400. PAYMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT OF EMPLOYEE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF EXCLUSIONARY PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
Chapter 17-1600 of The Philadelphia Code requires the development and implementation of "Economic Opportunity Plan(s)" for certain classes of contracts and covered projects as defined in Section 17-1601.
Pennsylvania sales tax does not apply to construction activities that are made under contract and involve the permanent attachment of tangible personal property to realty.