2001 Minnesota Statutes

     268.192 Protection of rights. 

    Subdivision 1.    Waiver of rights void.  Any agreement 
 by an individual to waive, release, or commute rights to 
 unemployment benefits or any other rights under the Minnesota 
 Unemployment Insurance Program Law shall be void.  Any agreement 
 by an employee to pay all or any portion of an employer's taxes, 
 shall be void.  No employer shall directly or indirectly make or 
 require or accept any deduction from wages to pay the employer's 
 taxes, require or accept any waiver of any right or in any 
 manner obstruct or impede an application or continued request 
 for unemployment benefits.  Any employer or officer or agent of 
 any employer who violates any portion of this subdivision shall, 
 for each offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor.  

    Subd. 2.    No assignment of unemployment benefits; 
 exemptions.  Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of 
 unemployment benefits shall be void.  Unemployment benefits 
 shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other 
 remedy provided for the collection of debt.  Any waiver of this 
 subdivision shall be void. 

    HIST: Ex1936 c 2 s 15; 1941 c 554 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 209 
 art 2 s 1; 1996 c 417 s 31; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1998 c 265 s 39; 
 1999 c 107 s 59; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2001 c 175 s 48,52