Employers that don't reach the targets would be given a chance to improve compliance and would only lose contracts in "the most egregious cases" of not following the rule, Ms. Shiu said.
Now, following fresh rule changes, the best-picture field announced Tuesday didn't include any huge hits: The year's top earner, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, " is missing, as are all the year's other top-10-grossing films.