Eastern wharf maintaining a record for fairness in employment (5,3)

'fairness in employment' is the definition.
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'eastern wharf maintaining a record' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'wharf' becomes 'quay' (quay is a kind of wharf).
'maintaining' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are held or maintained).
'record' becomes 'L-P' (abbreviation for long play record).
'a'+'lp'='alp'
'quay' going around 'alp' is 'qualpay'.
'e'+'qualpay'='EQUAL PAY'

'for' is the link.

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