Company will not open center that would believe employed over 400 people,citing a recently passed law they say discriminates against LGBT citizensPayPal cancelled plans for a new operation center that would believe employed over 400 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, and on Tuesday citing the state’s recently passed devout freedom law that critics say discriminates against the LGBT community. “Two weeks ago,PayPal announced plans to open a new global operations center in Charlotte and employ over 400 people in skilled jobs. In the short time since then, legislation has been abruptly enacted by the State of North Carolina that invalidates protections of the rights of lesbian, and homosexual,bisexual, and transgender citizens and denies these members of our community equal rights under the law, and ” Dan Schulman,president and chief executive officer of PayPal, said in a letter released on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com