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 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 794 . AUG UST 28, 1935 . 955 such individuals with respect to unemployment benefits in the place of th eir former employment. The ter ms of all such ag ree men ts entered into by the Board shall be published at least once in a news- paper of general circulation in the District. Publication of terms. RECORDS AND REPORTS Records and reports. SEC. 18. (a) Every employe r shall keep tru e and a ccurate employ- Employmentrecords. ment records of all individuals employed by him in employment, including the hours of employment and the wages payable therefor. Such records shall be open to inspection by the Board every day Inspection of. except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, between the hours of 9 o'clock ante meridian and 4 o'clock post meridian. (b) The Board may require from any such employer such reports Employer reports. in connection with his business, covering employment, employees, wages, hours, unemployment, and related matters, as the Board deems necessary to the effective administration of this Act. Information of IConfidential nature thus obtained shall not be published or be open to the public in any manner which will reveal the employer's identity ; and any person I aPo S ishment for vio- who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $20 nor more than $200 or imprisoned not longer than ninety days, or both. (c) Upon request therefor, the Board shall furnish to any agency inIb ormic on respect- of the United States or of the District charged with the adminis- tration of public works or assistance through public employment, the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each reci pient of benef its and a sta tement of suc h recipient's rights to further benefits under this Act. PROTECtiON OF RIGHTS AND BENEFITS Protection of rights and benefits. SEC. 19. (a) No agreement by any individual to waive any of his invalidity of agree. rights under this Act, or to pay any part of the contribution payable ments to waive rights. by h is emp loyer with respect to his or any o ther i ndivid ual's employment shall be valid ; nor shall any employer make, require, or plDe~ewagssfromem- permit any deduction from the wages payable to his employees for the purpose of paying any part of the contributions required of the employ er under this Ac t, or re quire or attempt to indu ce any i ndi- vidu al to waive any right ha may acquire under this Act. An Punishment for vi o- Y lations. employer who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or be imprisoned not mo re than six months, or both. (b) No assignment of any right to benefits which are or may Assignments. become due or payable under this Act shall be valid or enforceable ; and the right to any such benefits shall be exempt from levy, execu- Exemption of bene- fi ts fi ts tion, attachment, and any other remedy whatsoever provided for etc . from at tachment, the collection of debt ; and the benefits receive d by any individ ual shall be exemp t from t he payme nt of al l debts except d ebts acc rued for necessaries furnished to such individual or his spouse at a time wh en such individual was unemployed. Ex emp tio ns pro vid ed for in thi s subsec tion may not be waived. (c) No individual seeking to establish a claim for benefits shall establish Feesfr seeking to be charged any fee whatsoever by the Board ; a nd no perso n who represents any such individual in any proceeding shall charge or receive for his services a sum in excess of 10 per centum of the aggre- gate amount of benefits received by such individual pursuant to the decision in such proceedings. Any person who violates any pr o- vision of this subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more th an one year, or both.