No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of any premium paid by his employer to a carrier 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 title shall be valid, and any employer who makes a deduction for such purpose from the pay of any employee entitled to the benefits of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-5-200
Employee shall not pay any portion of insurance, self-insurance fund, or other things required by title
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42–42 (216 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wilkinson v. Palmetto State Transp. Co. (2006)
Most recently applied in Wilkinson v. Palmetto State Transp. Co. (November 2006)
1962 Code SECTION 72-421; 1952 Code SECTION 72-421; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-24; 1936 (39) 1231.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.