45-602. WAGES OF EMPLOYEES PREFERRED. In all assignments of property made by any person to trustees or assignees, or in proceedings in insolvency, an employee’s wages for services rendered within sixty (60) days preceding such assignment, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), is a preferred claim, and must be paid by such trustees or assignees before any creditor or creditors of the assignor or insolvent debtor; provided, that whenever any such employee has filed a notice of lien against any property of the assignor, the employee may elect between the provisions of this section and the employee’s lien.
History:
[(45-602) 1893, p. 49, ch. 4, sec. 1; reen. 1899, p. 147, ch. 4, sec. 1; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5145; C.S., sec. 7376; I.C.A., sec. 44-601; am. and redesignated 45-602, 1989, ch. 280, sec. 2, p. 678; am. 1999, ch. 51, sec. 3, p. 116.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 45 - LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
Section 45-602 - WAGES OF EMPLOYEES PREFERRED.
Section 45-603 - PREFERENCE OF WAGES — DEATH OF EMPLOYER.
Section 45-604 - PREFERENCE OF WAGES ON EXECUTION AND ATTACHMENT.
Section 45-605 - DEBTOR OR CREDITOR MAY DISPUTE CLAIM.
Section 45-606 - PAYMENT OF WAGES UPON SEPARATION FROM EMPLOYMENT.
Section 45-607 - PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY.
Section 45-608 - PAY PERIODS — PENALTY.
Section 45-609 - WITHHOLDING OF WAGES.
Section 45-610 - RECORDS TO BE KEPT BY EMPLOYER — NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES.
Section 45-611 - WAGES THAT ARE IN DISPUTE.
Section 45-612 - FILING FALSE CLAIM — PENALTY.
Section 45-613 - DISCHARGING OR RETALIATING AGAINST EMPLOYEES ASSERTING RIGHTS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Section 45-614 - COLLECTION OF WAGES — LIMITATIONS.
Section 45-615 - COLLECTION OF WAGE CLAIMS BY SUIT — ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS.
Section 45-617 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS FOR WAGE CLAIMS.
Section 45-618 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION OF WAGE CLAIMS.