Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 19 Business Regulations -- Miscellaneous - Chapter 19.31 Employment Agencies

19.31.010 Short title
This chapter shall be known and cited as "The Employment Agency Act".[1969 ex.s. c 228 § 1.] ...

19.31.020 Definitions
Unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context, the following words and phrases, as hereinafter used in this chapter, shall have the following ...

19.31.030 Records
Each employment agency shall keep records of all services rendered employers and applicants. These records shall contain the name and address of the employer by ...

19.31.040 Contract between agency and applicant -- Contents -- Notice
An employment agency shall provide each applicant with a copy of the contract between the applicant and employment agency which shall have printed on it ...

19.31.050 Approval of contract, fee schedule
Prior to using any contract or fee schedule in the transaction of its business with applicants, each employment agency shall obtain the director's approval for ...

19.31.060 Request from employer for interview required -- Information to be furnished applicant
No employment agency shall send any applicant on an interview with a prospective employer without having first obtained, either orally or in writing, a bona ...

19.31.070 Administration of chapter -- Rules -- Investigations -- Inspections
(1) The director shall administer the provisions of this chapter and shall issue from time to time reasonable rules and regulations for enforcing and carrying ...

19.31.080 License required -- Penalty
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to conduct an employment agency business in this state unless he has an employment agency license issued ...

19.31.090 Bond -- Cash deposit -- Action on bond or deposit -- Procedure -- Judgment
(1) Before conducting any business as an employment agency each licensee shall file with the director a surety bond in the sum of two thousand ...

19.31.100 Application -- Contents -- Filing -- Qualifications of applicants and licensees -- Waiver -- Exceptions
(1) Every applicant for an employment agency's license or a renewal thereof shall file with the director a written application stating the name and address ...

19.31.110 Expiration date of license -- Reinstatement
An employment agency license shall expire June 30th. Any such license not renewed may be reinstated if the employment agency can show good cause to ...

19.31.120 Transfer of license
No license granted pursuant to this chapter shall be transferable without the consent of the director. No employment agency shall permit any person not mentioned ...

19.31.130 License sanction -- Grounds -- Support order, noncompliance
(1) In accordance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the director may by order sanction the license of any employment agency under RCW 18.235.110, ...

19.31.140 Fees for licensees
The director shall determine the fees, as provided in RCW 43.24.086, charged to those parties licensed as employment agencies for original applications, renewal per year, ...

19.31.150 Employment condition precedent to charging fee -- Exceptions
(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 ...

19.31.160 Charging fee or payment contrary to chapter -- Return of excess
Any employment agency which collects, receives, or retains a fee or other payment contrary to the provisions of this chapter or to the rules and ...

19.31.170 Limitations on fee amounts -- Refunds -- Exceptions
(1) If an applicant accepts employment by agreement with an employer and thereafter never reports for work, the gross fee charged to the applicant shall ...

19.31.180 Posting of fee limitation and remedy provisions
Each licensee shall post the following in a conspicuous place in each office in which it conducts business: (1) The substance of RCW 19.31.150 through ...

19.31.190 Rules of conduct -- Complaints
In addition to the other provisions of this chapter the following rules shall govern each and every employment agency: (1) Every license or a verified ...

19.31.210 Enforcement
The director may refer such evidence as may be available to him concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted hereunder ...

19.31.220 Assurance of discontinuance of violation
In the enforcement of this chapter, the attorney general and/or any said prosecuting attorney may accept an assurance of discontinuance from any person deemed in ...

19.31.230 Civil penalty
Any person who violates the terms of any court order or temporary or permanent injunction issued pursuant to this chapter, shall forfeit and pay a ...

19.31.240 Service of process outside state
Personal service of any process in an action under this chapter may be made upon any person outside the state if such person has engaged ...

19.31.245 Registration or licensing prerequisite to suit by employment agency -- Action against unregistered or unlicensed employment agency
(1) No employment agency may bring or maintain a cause of action in any court of this state for compensation for, or seeking equitable relief ...

19.31.250 Chapter provisions exclusive -- Authority of political subdivisions not affected
(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to the regulation of private employment agencies shall be exclusive. (2) This chapter shall not be construed to ...

19.31.260 Administrative procedure act to govern administration
The administration of this chapter shall be governed by the provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, as now or hereafter amended.[1969 ex.s. ...

19.31.270 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees ...

19.31.900 Severability -- 1969 ex.s. c 228
If any provision of this act is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the ...

19.31.910 Effective date -- 1969 ex.s. c 228
This act shall become effective July 1, 1969.[1969 ex.s. c 228 § 28.] ...