{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-21-5-10","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 21-5-10","heading":"Provisions of law may not be waived by agreement.","body":"Except as provided in section thirteen, no provision of this article may in any way be contravened or set aside by private agreement, and the acceptance by an employee of a partial payment of wages shall not constitute a release as to the balance of his claim and any release required as a condition of such payment shall be null and void.","path":["CHAPTER 21. LABOR","ARTICLE 5. WAGE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/21-5-10/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:25:43Z","sha256":"a19608eed2bbae23efe85c3f514d23d41b96b12a3157258aa59aefa90ce6a1df","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-21-5-9","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-21-5-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}