33 U.S.C. § 915 — Invalid agreements

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This section concerns Invalid agreements. It states the rules, requirements, limits, exceptions, and procedures contained in the section.

(a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of premium paid by his employer to a carrier or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by such employer for the purpose of providing compensation or medical services and supplies as required by this chapter must be valid, and any employer who makes a deduction for such purpose from the pay of any employee entitled to the benefits of this chapter must be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of that must be punished by a fine of no more than $1,000. (b) No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this chapter must be valid.

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(a)

No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of premium paid by his employer to a carrier or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by such employer for the purpose of providing compensation or medical services and supplies as required by this chapter shall be valid, and any employer who makes a deduction for such purpose from the pay of any employee entitled to the benefits of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.

(b)

No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this chapter shall be valid.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 15, 44 Stat. 1434.)

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1927Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509 · 44 Stat. 1434

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 509 on 1927-03-04.

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