City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2013-1665

• File #: 2013-1665
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 7/2/2013
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• Final action: 7/23/2013
• Enactment date: 7/23/2013
• Enactment #: 20
• Effective date: 7/30/2013
• Title: Ordinance Supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One: Administrative; Article VII: Procedure; Chapter 161: Contracts, by adding Section 161.43, Equal Benefits
• Sponsors: Bruce A. Kraus
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/31/2013	2	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
7/23/2013	2	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
7/17/2013	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
7/17/2013	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
7/10/2013	1	Standing Committee
7/2/2013	1	City Council	Read and referred

TITLE
Ordinance Supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One: Administrative; Article VII: Procedure; Chapter 161: Contracts, by adding Section 161.43, Equal Benefits

BODY
Whereas, Pittsburgh is a City that embraces and celebrates diversity; and

Whereas, LGBT people are an important part of the American workforce, and as such, ensuring equal workplace benefits and non-discrimination protections for LGBT employees is critical to keeping Pittsburgh's workforce competitive; and

Whereas, a growing number of our nation's corporate leaders have publicly stated that improvements in such workplace policies create jobs, attract a high caliber workforce, improve employee retention rates, foster ideas and innovation, satisfy eligibility for some public sector contracts, and can improve employee relations and morale; and

Whereas, Corporations and corporate leaders do a disservice to their company's reputation, employee dignity and safety, and the communities within which they operate when they user their influence to actively discriminate or condone inequality in our society; now, therefore,

Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh City Code is hereby supplemented at Title One: Administrative; Article VII: Procedure; Chapter 161: Contracts, by adding Section 161.43, Equal Benefits, as follows:

§161.43 EQUAL BENEFITS.
(a) Definitions.
(1) Employment benefits means any employee benefit, including, but not limited to,
health insurance benefits, including health, vision and dental benefits; bereavement leave; family medical leave; moving expenses; memberships and membership discounts; and travel benefits.
(2) Domestic partnership will be interpreted as it is defined under Section 186.02(a) and (b) of this code.
(3) Domestic partner means each member of a domestic partnership.
(4) Service contract means a contract for the furnishing of services to or for the City, except whe...