§ 185. Fees. 1. Circumstances permitting fee. An employment agency\nshall not charge or accept a fee or other consideration unless in\naccordance with the terms of a written contract with a job applicant and\nafter such agency has been responsible for referring such job applicant\nto an employer or such employer to a job applicant and where as a result\nthereof such job applicant has been employed by such employer, except\nfor class "C" employment: (a) after an agency has been responsible for\nreferring an artist to an employer or such employer to an artist and\nwhere as a result thereof such artist has been employed by such\nemployer; or (b) after an agency represents an artist in the negotiation\nor renegotiation of an original or pre-existing employment contract and\nwhere as a result thereof the artist enters into a negotiated or\nrenegotiated employment contract. For class "C" employment pursuant to\nthis paragraph, an employment agency shall provide an artist with a\nstatement setting forth in a clear and concise manner the provisions of\nthis section and section one hundred eighty-six of this article.\n The maximum fees provided for herein for all types of placements or\nemployment may be charged to the job applicant and a similar fee may be\ncharged to the employer provided, however, that with regard to\nplacements in class "B" employment, a fee of up to one and one-half\ntimes the fee charged to the job applicant may be charged to the\nemployer. By agreement with an employment agency, the employer may\nvoluntarily assume payment of the job applicant's fee. The fees charged\nto employers by any licensed person conducting an employment agency for\nrendering services in connection with, or for providing employment in\nclasses "A", "A-1" and "B", as hereinafter defined in subdivision four\nof this section where the applicant is not charged a fee shall be\ndetermined by agreement between the employer and the employment agency.\nNo fee shall be charged or accepted for the registration of applicants\nfor employees or employment.\n 2. Size of fee; payment schedule. The gross fee charged to the job\napplicant and the gross fee charged to the employer each shall not\nexceed the amounts enumerated in the schedules set forth in this\nsection, for any single employment or engagement, except as hereinabove\nprovided; and such fees shall be subject to the provisions of section\none hundred eighty-six of this article. Except as otherwise provided\nherein, and except for class "C" employment, an employment agency shall\nnot require an applicant while employed in the continental United\nStates, and paid weekly to pay any fee at a rate greater than in ten\nequal weekly installments each of which shall be payable at the end of\neach of the first ten weeks of employment, or if paid less frequently,\nin five equal installments, each of which shall be payable at the end of\nthe first five pay periods following his employment, or within a period\nof ten weeks, whichever period is longer. An employer's fee shall be due\nand payable at the time the applicant begins employment, unless\notherwise determined by agreement between the employer and the agency.\n 3. Deposits, advance fees. An employment agency shall not require or\naccept a deposit or advance fee from any applicant.\n 4. Types of employment. For the purpose of placing a ceiling over the\nfees charged by persons conducting employment agencies, types of\nemployment shall be classified as follows:\n Class "A"--domestics, household employees, unskilled or untrained\nmanual workers and laborers, including agricultural workers;\n Class "A1"--non-professional trained or skilled industrial workers or\nmechanics;\n Class "B"--commercial, clerical, executive, administrative and\nprofessional employment, all employment outside the continental United\nStates, and all other employment not included in classes "A", "A1", "C"\nand "D";\n Class "C"--theatrical engagements;\n Class "D"--nurs
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