PayPal is cancelling a planned operations centre in North Carolina due to the state ’s recent legislation barring transgender people from using bathrooms that do not identify with the gender on their birth certificates . The new facility , representing an investment of $ 3.6 m , would have employed over 400 people . As we reported last week , 80 CEOs and business leaders have written to the state ’s General Assembly and Governor , Pat McCrory , calling for a repeal of the law . It is believed that other companies may also cancel plans for operations in the state .
PayPal is cancelling a planned operations centre in North Carolina due to the state’s recent legislation barring transgender people from using bathrooms that do not correspond with the gender on their birth certificates. The new centre, representing an investment of $3.6m, would have employed over 400 people. As we reported last week, 80 CEOs and business leaders have written to the state’s General Assembly and Governor, Pat McCrory, calling for a repeal of the law. It is believed that other companies may also cancel plans for expansion in the state.