GroundRules
Ala. Code § 25-5-87: Preference of Right to Compensation, Etc.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 25 Industrial Relations and Labor.
- Chapter 5 Workers’ Compensation.
- Article 3 Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.
The right to compensation and of compensation awarded any injured employee or for death claims to his dependents shall have the same preference against the assets of the employer as other unpaid wages for labor; but such compensation shall not become a lien upon the property of third persons by reason of such preference.
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