[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR501.4]



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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 501_ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY ALIEN 

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER SECTION 216 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND 

NATIONALITY ACT--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  501.4  Waiver of rights prohibited.



    No person shall seek to have an H-2A worker, or other worker 

employed in corresponding employment by an H-2A employer, waive rights 

conferred under section 216 of the INA or under these regulations. Such 

waiver is against public policy. Any agreement by an employee purporting 

to waive or modify any rights inuring to said person under the Act or 

these regulations shall be void as contrary to public policy, except 

that a waiver or modification of rights or obligations hereunder in 

favor of the Secretary shall be valid for purposes of enforcement of the 

provisions of the Act or these regulations. This does not prevent 

agreements to settle private litigation.