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  "heading": "Venue in suits for past wages",
  "text": "In addition to all other locations and courts in which such suit may be appropriate, workmen, laborers, clerks, and all other employees may sue their employers or hirers for any wages or salary due and owing in the district court of the parish where the work was performed.",
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      "name": "PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1960, No. 348, §1.",
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