Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 49 Labor Regulations - Section 49.56.020 Preference on death of employer

§ 49.56.020. Preference on death of employer

In case of the death of any employer, the wages of each miner, mechanic, salesman, clerk, servant and laborer for services rendered within sixty days next preceding the death of the employer, not exceeding one hundred dollars, rank in priority next after the funeral expenses, expenses of the last sickness, the charges and expenses of administering upon the estate and the allowance to the widow and infant children, and must be paid before other claims against the estate of the deceased person.

[Code 1881 § 1973; 1877 p 223 § 35; RRS § 1205.]

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