CHAPTER 77

An Act to amend and reenact § 40-12, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
gnu, relating to fees charged by employment agencies and form
and requisites of contract between agency and seeker of employment.

[H 309]
Approved March 1, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
. That § 40-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
eenacted as follows:

§ 40-12 When an employment agency charges a registration fee,
such fee shall in no case exceed the sum of three dollars, for which a
receipt shall be given; the receipt shall state the name and address of the
applicant, the amount of the fee, the date and name or character of the
work or the situation to be secured. The registration fee shall be returned
to the applicant after thirty days if suitable employment is not offered by
such employment agency to him.

When any contract or agreement is made between a person seeking
employment and such employment agency, such contract or agreement
shall be in writing. The gross amount of any fee charged or any percen-
tage of wages to be charged as fee, together with the duration of time
such fee is to be paid or wages deducted, shall be specifically set out in
such contract or agreement in bold black or red letters enclosed with a
conspicuous black border. A copy of such contract or agreement shall
be delivered to the applicant at the time the same is entered into. The
Commissioner, or such person as he may delegate, shall have authority
to prescribe the form of such contract or agreement.