Washington Code 19.31.150 – Employment condition precedent to charging fee — Exceptions
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, no employment agency shall charge or accept a fee or other consideration from an applicant without complying with the terms of a written contract as specified in RCW 19.31.040, and then only after such agency has been responsible for referring such job applicant to an employer or such employer to a job applicant and where as a result thereof such job applicant has been employed by such employer.
Terms Used In Washington Code 19.31.150
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Employer: means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association employing or seeking to enter into an arrangement to employ a person through the medium or service of an employment agency. See Washington Code 19.31.020
- Employment agency: is synonymous with "agency" and shall mean any business in which any part of the business gross or net income is derived from a fee received from applicants, and in which any of the following activities are engaged in:
Washington Code 19.31.020Employment directory: means any business operated by any person that provides in any form, including written or verbal, lists of employers, does not provide lists of specified positions of employment, that holds itself out to applicants as able to provide information on employment in specific industries or geographical areas, and that charges a fee to the applicant for its services. See Washington Code 19.31.020 Fee: means anything of value. See Washington Code 19.31.020
(2) Employment listing services may charge or accept a fee when they provide the applicant with the job listing or the referral.
(3) An employment directory may charge or accept a fee when it provides the applicant with the directory.