Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-41
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Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-41
Official statutory text
No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of premium paid by his employer 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. 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 one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this law shall be valid.
No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this law shall be valid.
Status: in_force
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