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HB2 is widely recognized as a response to the city of Charlotte adopting its own non-discrimination ordinance, which spurred outrage from some conservatives – largely around the topic of public bathrooms.
However, the new law also introduces restrictions on the minimum wage in North Carolina and legal actions available to people who believe they’ve been discriminated against at work.
North Carolina’s HB2 restricts elected city and county councils and boards from increasing local minimum wages any higher than the state’s minimum wage, now at $7.25 an hour.
HB2 limits the rights of North Carolinians to file workplace discrimination complaints under state law.
For the past 30 years, a North Carolina law has allowed workers to sue their employers over “wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.”
HB2 eliminates that.
Republican leaders focused intensely on the transgender bathroom issue so they could sway some votes from lawmakers who typically would not support wage or discrimination limits.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article69527867.html
However, the new law also introduces restrictions on the minimum wage in North Carolina and legal actions available to people who believe they’ve been discriminated against at work.
North Carolina’s HB2 restricts elected city and county councils and boards from increasing local minimum wages any higher than the state’s minimum wage, now at $7.25 an hour.
HB2 limits the rights of North Carolinians to file workplace discrimination complaints under state law.
For the past 30 years, a North Carolina law has allowed workers to sue their employers over “wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.”
HB2 eliminates that.
Republican leaders focused intensely on the transgender bathroom issue so they could sway some votes from lawmakers who typically would not support wage or discrimination limits.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article69527867.html
