Section 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.