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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-3-2. Effect of contracts requiring more than 40 hours of work per week.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-3-2. Effect of contracts requiring more than 40 hours of work per week.

All contracts which require employees of cotton or woolen manufacturing establishments to work more than 40 hours per week shall be null and void.

## History

Ga. L. 1889, p. 163, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2616; Civil Code 1910, § 3138; Code 1933, § 54-202.