Except as provided in section thirteen, no provision of this article may in any way be contravened or set aside by private agreement, and the acceptance by an employee of a partial payment of wages shall not constitute a release as to the balance of his claim and any release required as a condition of such payment shall be null and void.
W. Va. Code § 21-5-10
Provisions of law may not be waived by agreement
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Medex v. McCabe (2002)
Most recently applied in 162 F. Supp. 3d 490 - Rehberg v. Flowers Baking Co. of Jamestown, LLC (February 2016)
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