Section 9-302 - Reprimands, suspensions, and revocations - Grounds; penalty.

§ 9-302. Reprimands, suspensions, and revocations - Grounds; penalty.
 

An employment agency may not: 

(1) knowingly refer a client to a job if any condition of the job violates any law; 

(2) refer a client to an establishment where a labor dispute exists; 

(3) as a condition of providing service to a client, require the client before acceptance of a job to execute: 

(i) a promissory note; or 

(ii) an instrument with warrant of attorney that authorizes confession of judgment; 

(4) advertise a job for which there is no order by an employer on file; 

(5) send a client to an employer for a job with no order on file for the job unless: 

(i) the employer previously requested regular interviews with qualified clients, the client is qualified, and the employment agency confirms the request before sending the client to the employer; or 

(ii) the employment agency tells the client that the employment agency has no order for the job; 

(6) split a fee with an employer or representative of an employer, except that the employment agency may accept from an employer all or part of a service fee for a client if the employment agency tells the client of the payment; 

(7) charge a client a registration fee or collect in advance from a client a payment for service to be performed for the client to obtain employment; 

(8) publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information or promise; 

(9) solicit for other employment an individual who is employed by an employer with whom the employment agency placed the individual, unless the individual reactivates the application; 

(10) engage in fraud or dishonest dealing; or 

(11) violate this title. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 56, §§ 167, 169; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 2003, ch. 316, § 3.]