No employer or worker shall exempt himself or herself from the burden or waive the benefits of this title by any contract, agreement, rule or regulation, and any such contract, agreement, rule or regulation shall be pro tanto void.
RCW 51.04.060
No evasion of benefits or burdens.
Applied in 30 court decisions — leading case 121 Wash. 2d 304 - Department of Labor & Industries v. Fankhauser (1993)
Most recently applied in Subcontracting Concepts Ct, Inc., V. Fernanda Manzi And Leonardo Manzi (May 2023)
1977 ex.s. c 350 s 3; 1961 c 23 s 51.04.060
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