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January 1983

State labor legislation enacted in 1982

Richard R. Nelson

Significant pieces of legislation were enacted in a wide variety of subject areas, including equal pay for jobs of comparable worth and the impact of plant closings or relocations, as well as traditional employment standards concerns.

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