47-18-1703 - Prohibited acts.
47-18-1703. Prohibited acts.
No employment agency, or employer thereof, shall:
(1) Impose any fee on candidates except for furnishing of employment directly or indirectly through the efforts of such employment agency;
(2) Impose any fee on any candidate prior to the time at which that candidate has secured a job;
(3) Engage or attempt to engage in the splitting or sharing of fees with an employer, or an employee of an employer, to whom employment agency services have been furnished;
(4) Impose any fee for employing or training a person as a personnel consultant with such employment agency;
(5) Make, give or cause to be made or given to any candidate any false promise, misrepresentation, or inaccurate or misleading statement or information;
(6) Procure or attempt to procure the discharge of any person from such person's employment;
(7) Induce or attempt to induce any employee placed by the employment agency to leave such employment, except upon request made and initiated by such employee;
(8) Knowingly refer any candidate to employment which is prohibited by law, or deleterious to health or morals;
(9) Refer any candidate for an interview without having first obtained, either orally or in writing, a bona fide job order or recruiting assignment from an employer for an interview;
(10) Make or cause to be made or use any name, sign or advertising device bearing a name which may be reasonably confused with the name of a government agency;
(11) Knowingly publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading information, representation, permission, notice or advertisement;
(12) Require any candidate to contract with a specified lending agency to pay employment agency service charges; or
(13) Knowingly and willfully violate any law of this state or the United States.
[Acts 1996, ch. 731, § 4.]