§ 390. Contribution to benefit or insurance fund. 1. A corporation
operating a mercantile establishment shall not by deduction from salary,
compensation or wages, by direct payment or otherwise, compel any
employee in such establishment to contribute to a benefit or insurance
fund maintained or managed for the employees of such establishment by
such corporation, or by any other corporation or person. Every contract
or agreement whereby such contribution is exacted shall be void.

2. A corporation violating this section shall be liable to a penalty
of one hundred dollars recoverable by the person aggrieved in any court
of competent jurisdiction.

3. A director, officer or agent of a corporation which compels any
employee to make a contribution in violation of this section or sign any
agreement to make such contribution, or which imposes or requires such a
contribution as condition of entering into or continuing in the
employment of a mercantile establishment shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.