47-18-1703 - Prohibited acts. - Tennessee Statutes

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.]