Section 5000 Of Chapter 2. Compromise And Release From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
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. No contract, rule, or regulation shall exempt the employer
from liability for the compensation fixed by this division, but
nothing in this division shall:
(a) Impair the right of the parties interested to compromise,
subject to the provisions herein contained, any liability which is
claimed to exist under this division on account of injury or death.
(b) Confer upon the dependents of any injured employee any
interest which the employee may not release by compromise or for
which he, or his estate is in the event of such compromise by him
accountable to dependents.