(a) An agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute the individual’s right to benefits or any other rights under this chapter is void.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 23.20.395

  • benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter with respect to the individual's unemployment. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.520
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • employer: means (A) an employing unit which for some portion of a day within the calendar year has or had in employment one or more individuals. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.520
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • wages: means all remuneration for service from whatever source, including insured work, noninsured work, or self-employment. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.530
(b) An agreement by an individual in the employ of a person or concern to pay all or a portion of an employer‘s contributions required under this chapter from the employer is void.
(c) An employer may not make or require or accept a deduction from wages to finance the employer’s contributions required from the employer, or require or accept a waiver of any right under this chapter by an employee. An employer or officer or agent of an employer who violates a provision of this section upon conviction is punishable, for each offense, by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
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