Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Unpaid employees of bankrupt employers are Schedule E creditors, meaning that they have higher priority than do the credit cards, but lower priority than do purchase-money creditors (such as mortgage holders).

If your employer goes belly-up, the employees might want to get together and chip in on hiring your own bankruptcy attorney to protect your rights. Talk to the attorney about whether s/he can represent the bunch of you or whether each person should hire an attorney.

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