65.2-807 - Cost of insurance may not be deducted from wages. - Virginia Statutes

§ 65.2-807. Cost of insurance may not be deducted from wages.

It shall not be lawful for any employer to deduct from the wages of any ofhis employees any part of the cost of insurance as provided for in § 65.2-801to insure liability, or to require or permit any of his employees tocontribute in any manner toward such cost of insurance. For any violation ofthe provisions of this section, an employer shall be subject to a fine notexceeding $100 for each offense and shall refund to the individual employeethe amount or amounts deducted or contributed. The fine herein provided maybe assessed and the refund ordered by the Workers' Compensation Commission inan open hearing with the right of review and appeal as in other cases.

(Code 1950, § 65-103; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-107; 1991, c. 355.)