2018 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 18 - Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Sec. 915 - Invalid agreements

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 915 (2018)
Section Name §915. Invalid agreements
Section Text

(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.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 18 - LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Sec. 915 - Invalid agreements
Contains section 915
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 44 Stat. 1434
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