Invalid agreements-Penalty

A.S.C.A. § 32.0554 — under Workmen's Compensation-General Provisions and Administration.

A.S.C.A. § 32.0554

(a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of a 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 and Chapter 32.06, is valid, Any employer who makes a deduction for such purpose from the pay of any employee entitled to the benefits of this chapter and Chapter 32.06 is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

(b) No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this chapter and Chapter 32.06 is valid.

History: 1967, PL 10-15, amd 1980, PL 16-90 § 77.