§ 915. — Invalid agreements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC915]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 18--LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Sec. 915. Invalid agreements
(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.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 15, 44 Stat. 1434.)
