Section DWD 277.10 - Receipts, refunds, and other contractual provisions applicable to all classes(1) The agency shall give every person from whom a fee is received for services rendered a receipt which shall include: (a) Name of the person paying the fee.(c) Date of payment of the fee.(2) If an applicant is entitled to a refund from the fee paid, the agency shall make such refund in cash or negotiable check within 10 days.(3) No interest or carrying charges, except for payment of delinquent fees or charges, for placement services may be made that would cause the total placement fee to be paid to exceed the schedules on file with the department of workforce development. No agent shall charge an applicant interest for failure to make payment of fees when due, unless the interest requirement and the interest rate are stated on a written contract signed by the applicant. An agent may be reimbursed for any disbursements made on behalf of an applicant or employer where authorization for disbursement and reimbursement has been given.(4) An agent may include as part of the agency contract a provision that, if an applicant is referred to an employer for a permanent position and fails to get that position, but, within 6 months does secure employment with that employer as a result of the referral, he or she may be liable for the fee to the agency.(5) The agency and applicant may agree on a schedule of payment of the fee for a permanent placement, but in no case may more than 60% of the first month's earnings be required to be paid to the agency in the first 30 days of employment, if the total fee exceeds 60% of the first month's earnings.(6) An agency which requires an applicant to sign a contract shall have the terms of the contract and the fee schedule printed in its entirety and in not less than 8 point type and shall give to the applicant a copy of the signed contract.(7) No agency may take from an applicant a confession of judgment, a promissory note or notes, or an assignment of wages to cover its fees.(8) Upon every contract shall be printed the following statement: "Complaints against employment agents may be made to the State of Wisconsin, Department of workforce development, P.O. Box 8928, Madison, Wisconsin 53708."Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 277.10
Cr. Register, July, 1970, No. 175, eff. 8-1-70; am. (4) and (8), r. and recr. (5), Register, June, 1985, No. 354, eff. 7-1-85.