{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-33","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:11-33","heading":"Wages for services bestowed on property of manufacturers in hands  of receivers","body":"Whenever personal property of a manufacturer, distiller, brewer or producer  of manufactured articles shall come into the possession of a receiver, any  employee who has bestowed labor or services upon any of such personal property  for which there is then due and owing to him wages, may apply to the court  appointing such receiver for the payment of such wages. The court may proceed  in a summary manner or otherwise, and shall determine the amount of wages that  are due and unpaid, and direct the receiver forthwith to sell so much of such  personal property as may be necessary to pay such wages to such employees in  preference to any other creditors and without delay.\nAmended by L.1953, c. 33, p. 589, s. 37.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"e6be98810d8e74399546407445ded4a826a1166b1f67c9e669d3deb48633f249","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-32","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-33.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}