If no meals or lodging are provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
If one meal per working day is provided . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
If two meals per working day are provided . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
If three meals and lodging per working day are provided . . . . 18%
Where all parties to the employment contract agree and understand at the time such employment contract is entered into that it shall be for a period shorter than ten weeks, the gross fee shall not exceed ten per cent of the wages or salary actually received.
If an applicant accepts employment, and fails to report initially for work, the total fee charged to such applicant shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the maximum fee allowed under this section; provided, however, if the applicant remains with his same employer the fee shall not exceed fifty per cent.
In no case shall an employment agency receive any fees from employees which, when added to the employer's fees to the employment agency exceed the fees specified in this section. Each applicant shall be advised in writing by the agency of the total amount of any fee paid it by the employer for placing such applicant.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to applicants who are hired at an annual wage of over forty thousand dollars, nor shall they apply to any agency which is paid solely by employer clients.
Any contract in violation of this section shall be void.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 46L