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2011, c.235 - Wage Earners Protection Act

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Deceased employer
5In distributing the assets of any deceased person, the executor shall pay, in priority to the claims of the ordinary or general creditors of the deceased, the wages or salary of all persons in the employment of the deceased at the time of his or her death or within one month before it, not exceeding three months wages or salary, and those persons rank as ordinary or general creditors of the estate for the residue, if any, of their claims.
R.S.1973, c.W-1, s.3
Deceased employer
5In distributing the assets of any deceased person, the executor shall pay, in priority to the claims of the ordinary or general creditors of the deceased, the wages or salary of all persons in the employment of the deceased at the time of his or her death or within one month before it, not exceeding three months wages or salary, and those persons rank as ordinary or general creditors of the estate for the residue, if any, of their claims.
R.S.1973, c.W-1, s.3