[ Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute his or her rights to benefits or any other rights under articles 70 to 82 of this title shall be void. Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer's premiums or surcharges required under articles 70 to 82 of this title from the employer shall be void. No employer shall directly or indirectly make, require, or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer's premiums or surcharges required from him or her or require or accept any waiver of any rights under articles 70 to 82 of this title by any individual in his or her employ. Any employer or officer or agent of any employer who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, for each offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.