§ 19.31.010 Short title
§ 19.31.020 Definitions
§ 19.31.030 Records
§ 19.31.040 Contract between agency and applicant — Contents — Notice
§ 19.31.050 Approval of contract, fee schedule
§ 19.31.060 Request from employer for interview required — Information to be furnished applicant
§ 19.31.070 Administration of chapter — Rules — Investigations — Inspections
§ 19.31.080 License required — Penalty
§ 19.31.090 Bond — Cash deposit — Action on bond or deposit — Procedure — Judgment
§ 19.31.100 Application — Contents — Filing — Qualifications of applicants and licensees — Waiver — Exceptions
§ 19.31.110 Expiration date of license — Reinstatement
§ 19.31.120 Transfer of license
§ 19.31.130 License sanction — Grounds — Support order, noncompliance
§ 19.31.140 Fees for licensees
§ 19.31.150 Employment condition precedent to charging fee — Exceptions
§ 19.31.160 Charging fee or payment contrary to chapter — Return of excess
§ 19.31.170 Limitations on fee amounts — Refunds — Exceptions
§ 19.31.180 Posting of fee limitation and remedy provisions
§ 19.31.190 Rules of conduct — Complaints
§ 19.31.210 Enforcement
§ 19.31.220 Assurance of discontinuance of violation
§ 19.31.230 Civil penalty
§ 19.31.240 Service of process outside state
§ 19.31.245 Registration or licensing prerequisite to suit by employment agency — Action against unregistered or unlicensed employment agency
§ 19.31.250 Chapter provisions exclusive — Authority of political subdivisions not affected
§ 19.31.260 Administrative procedure act to govern administration
§ 19.31.270 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
§ 19.31.910 Effective date — 1969 ex.s. c 228
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 19.31 - Employment agencies

  • Career guidance and counseling service: means any person, firm, association, or corporation conducting a business that engages in any of the following activities:
Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Director: shall mean the director of licensing. See Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Employer: means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association employing or seeking to enter into an arrangement to employ a person through the medium or service of an employment agency. See Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Employment agency: is synonymous with "agency" and shall mean any business in which any part of the business gross or net income is derived from a fee received from applicants, and in which any of the following activities are engaged in:
    • Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Employment directory: means any business operated by any person that provides in any form, including written or verbal, lists of employers, does not provide lists of specified positions of employment, that holds itself out to applicants as able to provide information on employment in specific industries or geographical areas, and that charges a fee to the applicant for its services. See Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Employment listing service: means any business operated by any person that provides in any form, including written or verbal, lists of specified positions of employment available with any employer other than itself or that holds itself out to applicants as able to provide information about specific positions of employment available with any employer other than itself, and that charges a fee to the applicant for its services and does not set up interviews or otherwise intercede between employer and applicant. See Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee: means anything of value. See Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, company, society, manager, contractor, subcontractor, bureau, agency, service, office, or an agent or employee of any of the foregoing. See Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Resume: means a document of the applicant's employment history that is approved, received, and paid for by the applicant. See Washington Code 19.31.020
  • Temporary service contractors: shall mean any person, firm, association, or corporation conducting a business which consists of employing individuals directly for the purpose of furnishing such individuals on a part time or temporary help basis to others. See Washington Code 19.31.020