No employer or employee shall exempt himself or herself from the burden or waive the benefits of this chapter by any contract, agreement, rule, or regulation, and any such contract, agreement, rule, or regulation shall be pro tanto void.
W. Va. Code § 23-2-7
Benefits of chapter may not be waived by contract or regulation
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case New Neighborhoods, Inc. v. West Virginia Workers' Compensation Fund (1989)
Most recently applied in 241 W. Va. 660 - Rent-A-Center Inc. v. Anita Ellis (April 2019)
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