(a) In case of a dispute over the amount of wages, the employer shall pay without condition and within the time set by this chapter all wages or parts thereof conceded by the employer to be due, leaving to the employee all remedies the employee might otherwise be entitled to, including those provided under this chapter, as to any balance claimed.
(b) The acceptance by an employee of a payment under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of the employee's claim and any release required or obtained by an employer as a condition to payment shall be in violation of this chapter and shall be null and void.