Source: https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/2013/title-28/chapter-28-33/section-28-33-28/
Timestamp: 2018-08-16 13:33:21
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 28', '§ 28', '§ 28', 'art. 2', '§ 24', 'art. 2', '§ 24', 'art. 2', '§ 24', 'art. 2', '§ 23', '§ 1', '§ 28', '§ 7']

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Section 28-33-28 - Priority of claim over debts of employer.
RI Gen L § 28-33-28 (2013) What's This?
§ 28-33-28 Priority of claim over debts of employer.  The claim for compensation under chapters 29  38 of this title or under any alternative scheme permitted by §§ 28-29-22  28-29-24, and any determination or decree on any claim shall be entitled to a preference over the unsecured debts of the employer subsequently contracted to the same amount as the wages of labor are now preferred by the laws of this state; but nothing in this section shall be construed as impairing any lien which the employee may have acquired.
(P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 2, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 2, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 23; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-28; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 7.)