§ 191. Definition. Whenever used in this article: "employer fee paid employment agency" means any person who on behalf of employers procures or attempts to procure employees for "Class B" employment (as defined in section one hundred eighty-five of this article) and who in no instance charges a fee directly, or indirectly, to persons seeking such employment even though a fee may be charged to employers seeking the services of such employees, and who engages in no activity constituting the operation of an employment agency as defined in section one hundred seventy-one of this chapter and who in no instance enters into any arrangement through which the employer fee paid employment agency receives remuneration or any other thing of value from any person, firm or corporation which collects fees from applicants.

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Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 191

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • employer fee paid employment agency: means any person who on behalf of employers procures or attempts to procure employees for "Class B" employment (as defined in section one hundred eighty-five of this article) and who in no instance charges a fee directly, or indirectly, to persons seeking such employment even though a fee may be charged to employers seeking the services of such employees, and who engages in no activity constituting the operation of an employment agency as defined in section one hundred seventy-one of this chapter and who in no instance enters into any arrangement through which the employer fee paid employment agency receives remuneration or any other thing of value from any person, firm or corporation which collects fees from applicants. See N.Y. General Business Law 191
  • Employment agency: means any person (as hereinafter defined) who, for a fee, procures or attempts to procure:

    (1) employment or engagements for persons seeking employment or engagements, or

    (2) employees for employers seeking the services of employees. See N.Y. General Business Law 171
  • Fee: means anything of value, including any money or other valuable consideration charged, collected, received, paid or promised for any service, or act rendered or to be rendered by an employment agency, including but not limited to money received by such agency or its emigrant agent which is more than the amount paid by it for transportation, transfer of baggage, or board and lodging on behalf of any applicant for employment. See N.Y. General Business Law 171
  • Person: means any individual, company, society, association, corporation, manager, contractor, subcontractor, partnership, bureau, agency, service, office or the agent or employee of the foregoing. See N.Y. General Business Law 171