20 CFR 10.15 - May compensation rights be waived?

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 20 - Employees' Benefits last revised: Sep 30, 2024

View all text of Subpart A [§ 10.0 - § 10.18]

§ 10.15 - May compensation rights be waived?

No employer or other person may require an employee or other claimant to enter into any agreement, either before or after an injury or death, to waive his or her right to claim compensation under the FECA. No waiver of compensation rights shall be valid.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301,8102a,8103,8145; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263

source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 20 CFR 10.15