§ 750.556Discrimination between sexes in payment of wages

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Sec. 556.
    Any employer of labor in this state, employing both males and females, who shall
 discriminate in any way in the payment of wages as between sexes who are similarly
 employed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No female shall be assigned any task
 disproportionate to her strength, nor shall she be employed in any place detrimental to her
 morals, her health or her potential capacity for motherhood. Any difference in wage rates
 based upon a factor other than sex shall not violate this section.

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