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NY Gen Bus L § 172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 172 - License Required.

§  172.  License  required. No person shall open, keep, maintain, own,   operate or carry on any employment agency unless such person shall  have   first  procured  a  license  therefor  as provided in this article. Such   license shall be issued by the commissioner of labor, except that if the   employment agency is to be conducted  in  the  city  of  New  York  such   license  shall be issued by the commissioner of consumer affairs of such   city. Such license shall be  posted  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  said   agency.
NY Gen Bus L § 175 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 175 - Form and Contents of License.

§  175.  Form  and contents of license. 1. Every license shall contain   the name of the person licensed, a designation  of  the  city,  town  or   village,  street and number of the place in which the person licensed is   authorized to carry on the said employment agency, and  the  number  and   date  of  such  license.  If  the licensee is a corporation, the license   shall be issued in the name of the corporation  and  the  names  of  the   president  and  treasurer  individually  and  as  officers.    All other   officers of the corporation and all stockholders of a corporation  whose   stock is not publicly traded holding ten percent or more of the stock of   such corporation shall be deemed licensees.2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  licensee to notify promptly the   commissioner of any changes of the persons  licensed  or  deemed  to  be   licensees,  and  of any material change in the ownership or operation of   the agency.
NY Gen Bus L § 176 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 176 - Assignment or Transfer of License; Change of Location; Additional Locations.

§  176.  Assignment  or  transfer  of  license;  change  of  location;   additional locations. A license granted  as  provided  in  this  article   shall  not  be  valid for any person other than the person to whom it is   issued or any place other than that designated in the license and  shall   not  be assigned or transferred without the consent of the commissioner.   Applications for such consent shall be made in the  same  manner  as  an   application  for  a  license,  and  all  the  provisions of sections one   hundred seventy-three  and  one  hundred  seventy-four  shall  apply  to   applications  for  such  consent.  The  location of an employment agency   shall not be changed without the consent of the commissioner,  and  such   change  of location shall be indorsed upon the license. A person who has   obtained an employment agency license in accordance with the  provisions   of  this  article,  may  apply  for  an additional license to conduct an   additional employment agency,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of   section  one  hundred  seventy-three. The manner of application, and the   conditions and terms applicable to the issuance of such license shall be   the same as for an initial or original  license  except  that  the  said   license  shall  not  extend  beyond the termination date of the original   license.   An additional bond shall be  furnished  to  the  commissioner   issuing the additional license, and the terms of said bond shall be such   as  to make it payable as well to the people of the state of New York or   of the city of New York, as the case may be.
NY Gen Bus L § 178 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 178 - Action on Bond.

§  178.  Action  on  bond.  All  claims  or suits brought in any court   against any licensed person may be brought in the  name  of  the  person   damaged  upon  the bond deposited by such licensed person as provided in   section one hundred seventy-seven and may be transferred and assigned as   other claims for damages in civil suits. The amount of  damages  claimed   by plaintiff, and not the penalty named in the bond, shall determine the   jurisdiction   of  the  court  in  which  the  action  is  brought.  The   commissioner may institute a suit against the  bond  on  behalf  of  any   person  damaged.  Where such licensed person has departed from the state   with intent to defraud his creditors  or  to  avoid  the  service  of  a   summons  in  an action brought under this section, service shall be made   upon the surety in the manner provided for service of a summons. A  copy   of such summons shall be mailed to the last known post office address of   the  residence  of  the licensed person and the place where he conducted   such employment agency, as shown by the records of the commissioner.
NY Gen Bus L § 179 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 179 - Registers and Other Records to Be Kept.

§ 179. Registers and other records to be kept. It shall be the duty of   every  licensed person to keep a register, approved by the commissioner,   in which shall be entered, in the English  language,  the  date  of  the   application  for employment, the date the applicant started work and the   name and address of every applicant  from  whom  a  fee  or  deposit  is   charged,  the  amount of the fee or deposit and the service for which it   is received or charged. Such licensed person shall  also  enter  in  the   same  or  in  a  separate register, approved by the commissioner, in the   English language, the name and address of every employer from whom a fee   is received or  charged  or  to  whom  the  licensed  person  refers  an   applicant  who has paid or is charged a fee, the date of such employer's   request or assent that applicants be furnished, the kind of position for   which applicants are requested, the names of the  applicants  sent  from   whom a fee or deposit is received or charged with the designation of the   one  employed, the amount of the fee or deposit charged, and the rate of   salary or wages agreed upon. It shall also be the duty of every licensed   person to keep complete and accurate  written  records  in  the  English   language  of  all  receipts and income received or derived directly from   the operation of his employment agency, and to keep  records  concerning   job  orders. No such licensed person, his agent or employees, shall make   any false entry in such records. It shall be the duty of every  licensed   person  to  communicate  orally  or  in writing with at least one of the   persons mentioned as references for every applicant for work in  private   families,  or  employed  in a fiduciary capacity, and the result of such   investigation shall be kept on file in such agency for a  period  of  at   least  three  years. Every register and all records kept pursuant to the   requirements of this article shall be retained on the  premises  of  the   agency  concerned  for  three years following the date on which the last   entry thereon was made.
NY Gen Bus L § 182 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 182 - Cards to Be Furnished Nurses; Registry Records.

§  182.  Cards  to  be  furnished  nurses; registry records. A nurses'   registry shall send out to practice nursing only persons  duly  licensed   pursuant  to  article  one hundred thirty-nine of the education law as a   registered professional nurse or licensed practical nurse. Every nurses'   registry, before  sending  a  person  out  to  practice  nursing,  shall   investigate  such  person's  educational  qualifications and verify such   person's licensure  and  current  registration.  At  least  two  current   written references shall be required of such person.  The record of such   investigation and verification shall be kept on file in the registry.Every  nurses'  registry  that sends out any such person shall at such   time give to such person and send to the employer of such person a  card   stating  (1)  such  person's  name, address and salary, (2) whether such   person is a registered professional nurse or licensed  practical  nurse,   (3)  the  number  of the current registration certificate issued to such   person by the education department, and (4) a statement that the  record   of  such  person's  educational  qualifications  and  experience  in the   practice of nursing is on file in such registry and that a copy  thereof   will  be  sent to such employer on request. A copy of such card shall be   kept on file in the registry.The  record  of  investigation  and  verification  and  the  card-copy   required  by this section to be kept on file shall be open to inspection   by any duly authorized agent of the university of the state of New York,   and every  nurses'  registry  shall  furnish  a  complete  list  of  its   registrants on request of such agent.
NY Gen Bus L § 186 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 186 - Return of Fees.

§  186.  Return of fees. 1. Excessive fee: Any employment agency which   collects, receives or retains a fee or other payment contrary to  or  in   excess  of  the  provisions of this article, shall return the fee or the   excess portion thereof  within  seven  days  after  receiving  a  demand   therefor.2.  Failure  to  report:  If  a  job  applicant accepts employment and   thereafter fails to report for work,  the  gross  fee  charged  to  such   applicant  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  per  cent of the maximum fee   allowed by section one hundred eighty-five of this  article.  If  a  job   applicant  accepts employment and fails to report for work, no fee shall   be charged to the employer.3. Termination without employee's fault. If a  job  applicant  accepts   employment  and  reports  for  work,  and  thereafter such employment is   terminated without fault of the employee, the gross fee charged to  such   employee  and  to  the employer each shall not exceed ten percent of the   salary or wages received by such employee, and in no  event  shall  such   fee exceed the maximum fee allowed by section one hundred eighty-five of   this  article.  However,  if  such  employee  is a domestic or household   employee recruited from a state outside of this state  the  fee  of  the   employer  shall  not  exceed  thirty-three  and one-third percent of the   wages or salary actually earned.4. Termination under all  other  circumstances:  If  a  job  applicant   accepts  employment and reports for work, and thereafter such employment   is terminated under any other circumstances, the gross  fee  charged  to   such  employee  and the employer each shall not exceed fifty per cent of   the salary or wages received by such employee, and  in  no  event  shall   such  fee  exceed  the  maximum  fee  allowed  by  section  one  hundred   eighty-five of this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 188 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 188 - Copies of Law to Be Posted.

§ 188. Copies of law to be posted. 1. Every licensed person shall post   in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the main room of such agency sections one   hundred seventy-eight, one hundred eighty-one, one hundred  eighty-five,   and  one  hundred  eighty-six,  of  this article. Such poster shall also   contain the name and  address  of  the  commissioner  charged  with  the   enforcement of this article in the place where the agency is located.2.  The  commissioner,  in conjunction with the director of the office   for new Americans, shall  develop,  establish  and  implement  a  public   awareness  campaign  regarding  the  rights  of job seekers. Such public   awareness campaign shall be made available to the public  by  any  means   deemed  appropriate  by  the commissioner and the director of the office   for new Americans. Any  materials  developed  and  disseminated  to  job   seekers  according  to  this  subdivision  must  also  be distributed to   licensed employment agencies.
NY Gen Bus L § 190 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 190 - Penalties for Violations.

§  190.  Penalties  for  violations.  Any  person who violates and the   officers of a corporation and stockholders holding ten percent  or  more   of  the  stock  of  a  corporation  which  is  not  publicly traded, who   knowingly  permit  the  corporation  to  violate  sections  one  hundred   seventy-two,  one  hundred  seventy-three,  one hundred seventy-six, one   hundred eighty-four, one hundred eighty-four-a, one hundred eighty-five,   one hundred  eighty-five-a,  one  hundred  eighty-six,  or  one  hundred   eighty-seven  of  this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon   conviction shall be subject to a fine not to exceed  two  thousand  five   hundred  dollars  per  violation,  or imprisonment for not more than one   year, or both, by any court of competent jurisdiction. The violation  of   any other provision of this article shall be punishable by a fine not to   exceed  five  hundred  dollars  or imprisonment for not more than thirty   days. Criminal proceedings based upon violations of these sections shall   be instituted by the commissioner and may be instituted by  any  persons   aggrieved by such violations.
NY Gen Bus L § 191 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 191 - Definition.

§  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.
NY Gen Bus L § 192 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 192 - Prohibited Activities.

§  192.  Prohibited activities. An employer fee paid employment agency   shall not engage in any of the following activities or conduct:1. Direct an applicant to an employer for  the  purpose  of  obtaining   employment  without  having  first  obtained a bona fide order therefor;   however, a qualified applicant may be directed to an  employer  who  has   previously  requested  that  it  regularly  be  accorded interviews with   applicants of certain qualifications if a confirmation of the  order  is   sent  to  the  employer.  Likewise  an  agency  may  attempt to sell the   services of an applicant to an employer from which no job order has been   received as long as this fact is told the applicant before the applicant   is directed to the  employer.  Any  applicant  who  is  referred  to  an   employer   contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  without   obtaining employment thereby, shall be reimbursed by the agency for  all   ordinary  and  necessary  travel expenses incurred by the applicant as a   result of such referral, within twenty-four hours  of  making  a  demand   therefor.2.  Send  or  cause  to  be  sent any person to any employer where the   agency knows, or reasonably should  have  known,  that  the  prospective   employment  is  or  would  be  in  violation  of  state  or federal laws   governing minimum wages or child  labor,  or  in  violation  of  article   sixty-five  of  the  education  law  relating to compulsory education or   article four of the labor law, or, that a labor dispute is in  progress,   without  notifying  the applicant of such fact, and delivering to him or   her a clear written statement that a labor dispute exists at  the  place   of  such employment, or make any referral to an employment or occupation   prohibited by law.3. Require applicants for employment to subscribe to  any  publication   or incidental service or contribute to the cost of advertising.4.  Make  or  cause  to  be  made or use any name, sign or advertising   device bearing a name which may be  similar  to  or  may  reasonably  be   confused  with  the  name  of  a  federal,  state, city, county or other   government agency.
NY Gen Bus L § 193 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11 - Employment Agencies. 193 - Penalties for Violation.

§ 193. Penalties for violation. Any person violating the provisions of   section  one  hundred  ninety-two  of  this article shall be guilty of a   class A misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine  not  to  exceed  one   thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year or both.Criminal  proceedings  based  upon violations may be instituted by the   commissioner or may be  instituted  by  any  person  aggrieved  by  such   violation.
NY Gen Bus L § 199 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11-A - Motor Vehicle Manufacturers 199 - Penalties.

§  199.  Penalties.  Any  person,  firm,  or corporation violating the   provisions of section one hundred ninety-six of this  article  shall  be   liable  in an action brought on behalf of the people of the state of New   York in the sum of one thousand dollars for each of such violations.
NY Gen Bus L § 199-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11-B - Franchises for the Sale of Motor Fuels 199-A - Definitions.

§ 199-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the terms:1. "Distributor" means any person engaged in the sale, consignment, or   distribution of motor fuels to dealers.2. "Dealer" means any person engaged in the retail sale of motor fuels   for  use  in  motor  vehicles  under  a  franchise  entered  into with a   distributor.3. "Franchise" means any agreement between a distributor and a  dealer   under  which  the  dealer is granted the right to use a trademark, trade   name, service mark, or other identifying symbol or  name  owned  by  the   distributor,  or to which the distributor has the right to authorize the   use thereof, and is furnished by the distributor  with  products  to  be   sold  at retail under such trademark, trade name, service mark, or other   identifying symbol or name or any agreement between a distributor and  a   dealer  under  which  the  dealer  is granted the right to occupy or use   premises or facilities owned, leased, or controlled by the  distributor,   for  the  purpose  of  engaging in the retail sale of motor fuels of the   distributor, provided that an agreement  by  one  distributor  to  lease   premises  or  facilities  to  another distributor shall not constitute a   franchise.4. "Retail" means the sale of motor fuels to the consuming public  for   the purposes other than resale.5.  "Service  Station"  means  any premises whereon the retail sale of   motor fuels is conducted as the principal business.
NY Gen Bus L § 199-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11-B - Franchises for the Sale of Motor Fuels 199-B - Disclosures to Prospective Dealers.

§  199-b.  Disclosures  to  prospective  dealers.  A distributor shall   disclose in writing to any prospective dealer the following information,   before any franchise is entered into:1. The gallonage  volume  history,  if  any,  of  the  location  under   negotiation for and during the three year period immediately past or for   the   entire  period  which  the  location  has  been  supplied  by  the   distributor, whichever is shorter.2. The name and last known address of the previous dealer  or  dealers   for  the last three years, or for and during the entire period which the   location has been supplied by the distributor, whichever is shorter, and   the reason or reasons for the termination of each dealer franchise.3. Any legally binding commitments for the sale, demolition  or  other   disposition of the location.4.  The training programs, if any, and the specific goods and services   the distributor will provide for and to the dealer.5. Full disclosure of any and all obligations which will  be  required   of  the  dealer,  including  but  not  limited  to,  any  obligation  to   exclusively deal  in  any  of  the  products  of  the  distributor,  its   subsidiaries  or  any  other  company or any advertising and promotional   items that the dealer must accept.6. Full disclosure of all restrictions on the sale, transfer,  renewal   and termination of the franchise.
NY Gen Bus L § 199-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 11-B - Franchises for the Sale of Motor Fuels 199-C - Termination or Refusal to Renew a Franchise Without Good Cause Prohibited; Notice Requirement; Right of Action.

§  199-c.  Termination  or  refusal  to renew a franchise without good cause prohibited; notice requirement; right  of  action.  1.  Except  as otherwise  provided  in  this  article,  no distributor or agent thereof shall terminate, cancel or refuse to renew any franchise except for good cause, which shall include, but not be limited to:  (a) The dealer's failure to comply with a substantive requirement of a franchise agreement;  (b) The dealer's failure to act in good  faith  in  carrying  out  the terms of the franchise.  (c)  The  distributor's  failure  to  renew  his  lease of the service station premises, provided the distributor does not supply  the  service station  with  motor fuels for a period of one year after the expiration of the lease.   2. A distributor may elect not to renew the franchise due to the  sale or  lease  of  the  service station premises owned by the distributor to other than a subsidiary or affiliate of the  distributor  for  any  use, provided  the distributor does not supply the service station with motor fuels for a period of one year after such sale or  lease;  the  sale  or lease  of  the  service station premises to a subsidiary or affiliate of the distributor for use other than as a service station; or the  use  of the  service  station  premises  by  the distributor for other than as a service station.   3. No distributor may terminate, cancel or refuse to renew a franchise agreement for any reason unless he has given ninety days' written notice to the dealer of his intent to  terminate,  cancel  or  not  renew  such franchise,  provided that in the event of the dealer's default under the terms and conditions of the franchise agreement as set out in  paragraph a   of   subdivision   one   of   this  section,  the  distributor  may, alternatively, give the dealer ten days'  written  notice  to  cure  the default,  and  if the default has not been cured within such period, the distributor may terminate or cancel the franchise in accordance with the notice requirements of the franchise agreements, provided such notice is given within ten days or  any  other  period  mutually  agreed  upon  in writing after the expiration of the ten-day default period.   4.  A gasoline dealer may bring an action under this section against a distributor in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  for  wrongfully terminating,  cancelling  or refusing to renew a franchise and the court may award money damages and  grant  such  equitable  relief  as  may  be proper.