Mayor Kenney signed the Wage Equity Law on Monday, after City Solicitor Sozi Tulante issued an 11-page opinion arguing for the legality of the ban. The law was created to bridge the gender pay gap.
Kenney said last week that he would sign the legislation despite warnings from the business community — prominently including Comcast Corp. — which said the city could face a legal challenge. He held off initially after a lawyer for Comcast sent a memo to the city solicitor claiming that the bill violated the First Amendment.
“The Law Department has thoroughly reviewed the legal concerns raised by the business community, and is confident that the law would withstand a challenge and the city would prevail,” Kenney said in a statement.
