105.11 Schedule of fees or charges. - Wisconsin Statutes

105.11

105.11 Schedule of fees or charges.

105.11(1)

(1) Every applicant for a license or renewal of a license to engage in the business of an employment agent shall file with the department, within a time fixed by the department, a schedule of the fees or charges made by such employment agent to applicants for employment for any services rendered together with all rules or regulations that may, in any manner, affect the fees charged or to be charged for any service. Fees charged to applicants for employment and such rules or regulations affecting applicants for employment may be changed only with the approval of the department and when changed shall be filed with the department.

105.11(2)

(2) The department may, under s. 105.14, fix a schedule of maximum fees charged by employment agents to applicants for employment for services rendered.

105.11(3)

(3) An employment agent shall not charge, demand, collect or receive a greater compensation for any service performed by the employment agent than is specified in the schedules filed with the department, and no registration fee may be charged without permission from the department.

105.11(5)

(5) No employer shall charge an employee or applicant for employment placed by an agency any amount as a direct or indirect placement fee that is greater than that permitted by departmental rule. If the total charges made by the employer and the employment agent to the employee exceed the allowable maximum set by the department, the department may, under s. 109.09 (1), recover the overcharge from the employer plus a penalty equal to the overcharge.

105.11(6)

(6) No private employment agency may charge the applicant for employment a fee for counseling or require the applicant to purchase a counseling service as a condition for accepting the applicant's application.

105.11 - ANNOT.

History: 1973 c. 226; 1977 c. 26 s. 75; 1989 a. 220; 1993 a. 492.

105.11 - ANNOT.

Cross Reference: See also ss. DWD 277.09 and 277.18, Wis. adm. code.