All rights of compensation granted by this chapter shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed by law for any unpaid wages for labor.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-222
Preference or priority of rights of compensation
Known as the Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 50-6-101 to 50-6-921 (224 sections).
Acts 1919, ch. 123, § 17; Shan
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