N.Y. Labor Law § 390: Contribution to benefit or insurance fund

§ 390. Contribution to benefit or insurance fund. 1. A corporation

operating a mercantile establishment shall not by deduction from salary,

compensation or wages, by direct payment or otherwise, compel any

employee in such establishment to contribute to a benefit or insurance

fund maintained or managed for the employees of such establishment by

such corporation, or by any other corporation or person. Every contract

or agreement whereby such contribution is exacted shall be void.

2. A corporation violating this section shall be liable to a penalty

of one hundred dollars recoverable by the person aggrieved in any court

of competent jurisdiction.

3. A director, officer or agent of a corporation which compels any

employee to make a contribution in violation of this section or sign any

agreement to make such contribution, or which imposes or requires such a

contribution as condition of entering into or continuing in the

employment of a mercantile establishment shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor.