The White House has announced that it will halt a provision aimed at reducing pay gaps based on gender, race, and ethnicity. The provision passed under the Obama administration and would have required companies with more than 100 employees and federal contractors with at least 50 employees to report more detailed salary information broken down by gender, race and ethnicity, starting in spring 2018. The Trump administration has contended that data collection would be too burdensome for companies and questioned its effectiveness in addressing wage discrimination.