Alabama Code 25-4-138. Agreement to waive right to benefits; agreement to pay employer’s contributions; reduction of wages to finance employer’s contributions
Terms Used In Alabama Code 25-4-138
- Benefits: as used in this chapter , means the money payable to an individual with respect to his unemployment as provided in this chapter. See Alabama Code 25-4-2
- Contributions: as used in this chapter , means the money payments to the State Unemployment Compensation Fund, required by this chapter, on the basis of a percentage of wages. See Alabama Code 25-4-5
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- employee: as used in this chapter , means any individual employed by an employer subject to this chapter, in which employment the relationship of master and servant exists between the employee and the person employing him. See Alabama Code 25-4-7
- wages: as used in this chapter , shall mean such remuneration as was defined in this section prior to such date. See Alabama Code 25-4-16
Any agreement by an employee to waive or release his rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void. Any agreement by an employee to pay all or any portion of his employer’s contributions, required under this chapter from such employer, shall be void. No employer shall directly or indirectly make or require or accept any reduction from wages to finance the employer’s contributions required of him, or require or accept any waiver of any right hereunder by any employee in his employ. Any employer or officer or agent of an employer who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, for each offense be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 or be imprisoned for not more than 60 days, or both.