Chapter 105 — EMPLOYMENT AGENTS
17 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 105.01 Definitions
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105.01 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Employment agent” means all persons who furnish to persons seeking employment, information enabling or tending to enable such persons to secure the same, or who furnish employers seeking laborers or other help of any kind, informa…
Wis. Stat. § 105.02 False statements and representation
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105.02 False statements and representation. A person or the person’s employee or agent shall not make any false statement to any person furnishing or seeking employment in regard to any employment, work or situation, its nature, location, duration, wages, salary or placement fee …
Wis. Stat. § 105.03 Inquiry into truth of statements
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105.03 Inquiry into truth of statements. Every employment agent shall assure himself or herself that any representations whatsoever, whether spoken, written or advertised in printed form, which the employment agent makes with regard to any employment, work or situation, and which…
Wis. Stat. § 105.04 Fee-splitting
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105.04 Fee-splitting. No employment agent or any employee or agent thereof, shall divide or offer to divide, or share directly or indirectly, any fee, charge or compensation received from any applicant for employment, with any employer, superintendent, manager, foreman, or any ot…
Wis. Stat. § 105.05 Agent’s license
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105.05 Agent’s license. (1) No person may engage in the business of an employment agent for profit, or receive any fee, charge, commission or other compensation, directly or indirectly, for services as an employment agent, including modeling agencies which secure work for persons…
Wis. Stat. § 105.06 Application; bond
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105.06 Application; bond. (1) Application for an employment agent’s license shall be made to the department and accompanied by a bond in due form to the state for the penal sum of $5,000 issued by a surety company licensed to do business in this state to be approved by the depart…
Wis. Stat. § 105.07 Agent’s fees
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105.07 Agent’s fees. (1) Each employment agent’s license shall be renewed annually. Except as provided in sub. (3), the license or renewal fee shall be one percent of all fees, charges, commissions, or other compensation actually received during the life of the license or renewal…
Wis. Stat. § 105.08 Authority of department
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105.08 Authority of department. The department has the power to supervise every employment agency as is necessary to adequately enforce and administer all laws and lawful orders designed to prevent fraud, misrepresentations, false statements, or other unauthorized acts of such em…
Wis. Stat. § 105.09 Visitorial power
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105.09 Visitorial power. Any deputy may enter any employment office or the place of business of any employment agent for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics, examining the records or registers kept by the employment agent and bringing to the attention of the agent any …
Wis. Stat. § 105.10 Department inquiries
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105.10 Department inquiries. Any employment agent receiving from the department any forms calling for information required by the department to administer this chapter and rules promulgated under this chapter, with directions to complete the form, shall cause the form to be prope…
Wis. Stat. § 105.11 Schedule of fees or charges
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105.11 Schedule of fees or charges. (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…
Wis. Stat. § 105.115 Notice to home care consumers and workers
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105.115 Notice to home care consumers and workers. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Companionship services” means services that provide fellowship and protection for a person who, because of advanced age or physical or mental infirmity, cannot care for his or her own needs.…
Wis. Stat. § 105.12 Prohibited practices
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105.12 Prohibited practices. No applicant shall be placed in any employment by an employment agent in violation of any statute, order or rule of the department. Examinations given by a private employment agency may be for job-related skills only. History: 1973 c. 226.
Wis. Stat. § 105.13 Refusal to issue; suspension or revocation of license
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105.13 Refusal to issue; suspension or revocation of license. (1) The department may issue licenses to employment agents, and refuse to issue a license whenever, after investigation, the department finds that the character of the applicant makes the applicant unfit to be an emplo…
Wis. Stat. § 105.14 Regulations; records; reports
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105.14 Regulations; records; reports. The department may fix reasonable rules for the conduct of the business of any employment agent or employment agency as are necessary to carry out this chapter. The department may fix reasonable classifications of employments or positions and…
Wis. Stat. § 105.15 General powers of department applicable; penalties
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105.15 General powers of department applicable; penalties. Such investigations, classifications, and orders shall be made as provided in s. 103.005 and the penalties specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed for any violation of ss. 105.01 to 105.115 or 105.13 to…
Wis. Stat. § 105.16 Late fees and reports; failure to obtain license; refund
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105.16 Late fees and reports; failure to obtain license; refund. (1) Every employment agent shall submit all fees, license renewal applications and reports within the time limitations or due dates specified by the department. A penalty fee of $5 per day for each day such fee, app…