---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 501.5"
title: "29"
number: "501.5"
heading: "Waiver of rights prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/501.5"
---

# §501.5. Waiver of rights prohibited.


A person may not seek to have an H-2A worker, a worker in corresponding employment, or a U.S. worker improperly rejected for employment or improperly laid off or displaced waive any rights conferred under 8 U.S.C. [1188](/usc/8/1188.md), [20](/usc/8/20.md) CFR [part 655](/cfr/29/part655.md), [subpart B](/cfr/29/subpartB.md), or this part. Any agreement by a worker purporting to waive or modify any rights given to said person under 8 U.S.C. [1188](/usc/8/1188.md), [20](/usc/8/20.md) CFR [part 655](/cfr/29/part655.md), [subpart B](/cfr/29/subpartB.md), or this part shall be void as contrary to public policy except as follows:

- (a) Waivers or modifications of rights or obligations under 8 U.S.C. [1188](/usc/8/1188.md), [20](/usc/8/20.md) CFR [part 655](/cfr/29/part655.md), [subpart B](/cfr/29/subpartB.md), or this part in favor of the Secretary shall be valid for purposes of enforcement; and
- (b) **Agreements in settlement of private litigation are permitted.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 584.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 61822, Oct. 12, 2022, unless otherwise noted.