29 CFR § 502.4 - Waiver of rights prohibited.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s502.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 502.4 - Waiver of rights prohibited."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "502.4"
section_name: "Waiver of rights prohibited."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "502"
part_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY ALIEN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER SECTION 218 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT (SUSPENDED 6-29-2009)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 77229, Dec. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "502"
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# 502.4 Waiver of rights prohibited.
No person shall seek to have an H-2A worker, or other U.S. worker hired in corresponding employment by an H-2A employer, waive any rights conferred under sec. 218 of the INA, the regulations at 20 CFR part 655, Subpart B, or under these regulations. Any agreement by an employee purporting to waive or modify any rights inuring to said person under the INA or these regulations shall be void as contrary to public policy, except that a waiver or modification of rights or obligations hereunder in favor of the Secretary shall be valid for purposes of enforcement of the provisions of the INA or these regulations. This does not prevent agreements to settle private litigation.