N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 31: Agreement for contribution by employee void

§ 31. Agreement for contribution by employee void. No agreement by an

employee to pay any portion of the premium paid by his employer to the

state insurance fund or to contribute to a benefit fund or department

maintained by such employer or to the cost of mutual insurance or other

insurance, maintained for or carried for the purpose of providing

compensation as herein required, shall be valid, and any employer who

makes a deduction for such purpose from the wages or salary of any

employee entitled to the benefits of this chapter shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor.