Trump's White House nixes Obama effort to collect data on pay by gender and race

The White House says it will halt a rule that would make businesses report how much they pay workers of different genders and races.

The announcement takes aim at a major plank of President Barack Obama’s equal pay legacy. His administration expanded the scope of the equal employment opportunity survey to include the requirements through an executive action last year.

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The hope was that the change would help illuminate systemic wage discrimination against women and minorities, a problem that persists in part because of limited available data. Read more…

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