Mississippi’s governor signed a law Tuesday allowing businesses to deny services to gay couples based on the employers’ religious beliefs. 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 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 .