§ 184. Recruitment of domestic or household employees who are\nresidents of other states; findings and policy. The acute shortage of\ndomestic or household employees in this state has led to extensive\nrecruitment of such employees from other states in the continental\nUnited States. Social, economic and community problems occur in the\nprocess of recruiting and relocating unskilled employees from outside\nthe state for such household employment. It is hereby declared to be\nthe public policy of the state to encourage the recruitment of such\nemployees from outside the state only under circumstances and conditions\nwhich will safeguard and protect the interests of such employees, their\nemployers and the public at large. Incident to such recruiting are\nfactors and considerations which do not exist in the recruitment of\nworkers from within the state which impose certain responsibilities upon\nemployment agencies engaged in such recruiting. Likewise, such\nemployment agencies incur costs in the recruiting and placement of\nemployees from without the state which are not entailed in recruiting\nresidents of the state. Therefore, in order to provide sound and\nresponsible practices and procedures for such recruitment and adequate\nregulation thereof, the following provisions of this section are deemed\nto be in the interest of the public safety and welfare.\n 1. No employment agency, directly or indirectly, shall accept\napplications from persons who reside in a state outside New York,\nprocure or offer to procure employment of persons as domestic or\nhousehold employees who are residing in states outside of this state\nprevious to their application for employment, except as provided in this\nsection and in the applicable provisions of other sections of this\narticle. As used in this section, the term "state" applies to the\nforty-eight states on this continent, and the District of Columbia, but\ndoes not include the state of Alaska.\n 2. An employment agency which engages in such recruitment, offer or\nprocurement as described in subdivision one, directly or indirectly,\nshall furnish to the commissioner a written list containing the name and\naddress of all emigrant agents from whom it accepts job applicants. If\nsuch emigrant agents are required to be licensed in the places in which\nthey are recruiting employees, no employment agency, directly or\nindirectly, shall accept applicants from persons other than duly\nlicensed emigrant agents.\n 3. No employment agency shall, directly or indirectly, procure or\noffer to procure domestic or household employment for a person who is\nunder the age of eighteen years and resides outside of the state.\n 4. If an employment agency engages in the recruitment of domestic or\nhousehold employees from outside of the state, it shall:\n (a) Enter into its register the following information, in addition to\nthe register entries prescribed in section one hundred seventy-nine of\nthis article: (1) the last home address and birth date of all applicants\nfor such employment whom the employment agency is responsible for\nbringing into New York state; (2) the name and address of the emigrant\nagent, if any, through whom such applicant was obtained; (3) the name\nand address of all persons to whom the employment agency has made\npayments in connection with the recruitment of the applicant and amounts\nof such payments; (4) the total charges made by the agency to the\napplicant include, to be separately designated: (A) agency fee; (B) any\ncharges for transportation, and (C) any other charges in connection with\nplacement.\n (b) Respecting applicants from out of the state for whom the agency is\nresponsible, directly or indirectly, for bringing into New York state,\nthe agency shall have the following additional obligations: (1) direct\nthat the transportation of such applicants shall be by duly licensed\ncommon carrier for passengers where transportation to New York is\narranged for or author
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