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No employer shall directly or indirectly make, require or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer’s taxes required from him, or require or accept any waiver of any right under this title by any individual in his employ. Any employer or officer or agent of any employer who violates any provision of this section shall, for each offense, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":222033,"text":"Any agreement other than an agreement made pursuant to \u00a7 60.2-608 by an individual to waive, release or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this title shall be void. Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer’s taxes, required under this title from such employer, shall be void. No employer shall directly or indirectly make, require or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer’s taxes required from him, or require or accept any waiver of any right under this title by any individual in his employ. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 738; in 1982, chapter 237; in 1986, chapter 480.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55252,"section_number":"60.2-608","catch_line":"Child support intercept of unemployment benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-608\/"}],"permalink":{"id":267307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60726,"identifier":"60.2-107","token":"60.2\/1\/1\/60.2-107","url":"\/60.2-107\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-107\/","token":"60.2\/1\/1\/60.2-107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver of rights void","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any agreement other than an agreement made pursuant to \u00a7 60.2-608<\/a> by an individual to waive<\/span>, release or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this title shall be void. Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer’s taxes, required under this title from such employer, shall be void. No employer shall directly or indirectly make, require or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer’s taxes required from him, or require or accept any waiver<\/span> of any right under this title by any individual in his employ. Any employer or officer or agent of any employer who violates any provision of this section shall, for each offense<\/span>, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER OF RIGHTS VOID (\u00a7 60.2-107)\n\nAny agreement other than an agreement made pursuant to \u00a7 60.2-608 by an\nindividual to waive, release or commute his rights to benefits or any other\nrights under this title shall be void. Any agreement by any individual in the\nemploy of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer’s\ntaxes, required under this title from such employer, shall be void. No employer\nshall directly or indirectly make, require or accept any deduction from wages to\nfinance the employer’s taxes required from him, or require or accept any\nwaiver of any right under this title by any individual in his employ. Any\nemployer or officer or agent of any employer who violates any provision of this\nsection shall, for each offense, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 60-106; 1968, c. 738, \u00a7 60.1-123; 1982, c. 237; 1986, c.\n480.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}