Pat McCrory expands equal employment policy to include sexual orientation and gender and says he will ask lawmakers to restore right to sue over discriminationGovernor Pat McCrory of North Carolina confronted a tidal wave of public and private sector opposition on Tuesday by issuing an executive order undoing certain portions of a law that rolls back LGBT and gender bias protections.
But the mosey is unlikely to quell opposition to HB2 completely, as the executive order maintains a controversial requirement that transgender individuals exhaust facilities in clash with their gender identities. The order also does not overturn HB2’s prohibition on “living wage” legislation – measures passed by cities that permit local governments to accomplish business only with contractors paying above the minimum wage.
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Source: theguardian.com