Statutes, codes, and regulations
Pennsylvania Statutes
Statutes (Unconsolidated)Title 77 P.S. - WORKERS' COMPENSATIONChapter 5 - LIABILITY AND COMPENSATIONCOMPENSATION AND PAYMENT
Preference Against Assets of Employer
Section 621 - Preference right of compensation against assets of employer; prohibition of assignment

77 Pa. Stat. § 621

Download
PDF
Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 621 - Preference right of compensation against assets of employer; prohibition of assignment

The right of compensation granted by this article of this act shall have the same preference (without limit of amount) against the assets of an employer, liable for such compensation, as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law for a claim for unpaid wages for labor: Provided, however, That no claim for compensation shall have priority over any judgment, mortgage, or conveyance of land recorded prior to the filing of the petition, award, or agreement as to compensation in the office of the prothonotary of the county in which the land is situated. Claims for payments due under this article of this act and compensation payments made by virtue thereof shall not be assignable.

77 P.S. § 621

1915, June 2, P.L. 736, art. III, § 318. Reenacted by 1937, June 4, P.L. 1552, § 1; 1939, June 21, P.L. 520, § 1. Amended 1959, Dec. 28, P.L. 2034, § 3, effective 1/30/1960. Affected 1978, April 28, P.L. 202, No. 53, § 2(a) [995], effective 6/27/1978.