Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 454 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS › Title 454 CMR 24.00 - EMPLOYMENT AGENCY AND TEMPORARY WORKERS RIGHT TO KNOW REGULATIONS › Section 24.07 - Information Required to Be Furnished to Job Applicants or Workers by Employment Agencies

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Each Employment
			 Agency shall furnish each Job Applicant or Worker with the information
			 specified at 454 CMR 24.07(1)(a) through (i) within two days of assignment or
			 employment. All information provided to Job Applicants or Workers shall be in
			 writing. The Agency is responsible for ensuring that each Job Applicant or
			 Worker understands the specified information. Job Orders are available in
			 multiple languages from the Department, and the Department may obtain
			 additional translations at its sole discretion upon request. The Department
			 recommends that Agencies provide Job Orders in a language that the Job
			 Applicant or Worker understands.
(a) A
			 written description of the nature of duties required for any employment,
			 engagement, work assignment, or job to which the Job Applicant or Worker is
			 placed, referred, or assigned by the Employment Agency;
(b) The name and address of the client to
			 whom the Employment Agency has referred, placed, or assigned the Job Applicant
			 or Worker;
(c) Anticipated wages or
			 rates of compensation;
(d) The
			 start date and, if known, anticipated duration of the assignment;
(e) The total fee to be paid by the Job
			 Applicant to the Employment Agency;
(f) Transportation arrangements and
			 charges;
(g) A copy of the contract
			 executed between the Employment Agency and the Job Applicant or Worker,
			 including the Job Applicant Fee schedule if the Employment Agency charges
			 Applicant Fees. Any Employment Agency that assesses a Job Applicant or Worker a
			 charge of any kind and for any goods or services shall contract in writing with
			 the Job Applicant or Worker for payment of said charge. Charges are limited as
			 set forth in M.G.L. c. 140 and
			 454
			 CMR 24.09,
			 24.11,
			 24.12,
			 and
			 24.15,
			 and may be further limited by M.G.L. c. 149, §§ 148 and 150, and c.
			 151 and its regulations. Written authorization does not make a charge lawful if
			 it is otherwise unlawful. The contract shall contain at minimum:
1. the amount of the Applicant Fee paid, or
			 to be paid, and any charges assessed to the Job Applicant or Worker by the
			 Employment Agency;
2. the terms and
			 conditions of the contract; and
3.
			 the following statement: "I have read my contract with (name of Employment
			 Agency) and accept its terms."
A sample of each such contract and any revised or updated
				versions of such contracts shall be filed with the Department, for approval in
				compliance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 140, §§ 46A through 46R
				and
				454 CMR
				24.00.
(h) A receipt for every Applicant Fee or
			 charge assessed by the Employment Agency to the Job Applicant or Worker and
			 which the Job Applicant or Worker has paid.
(i) A multi-lingual statement issued by the
			 department that the job order contains important information concerning the
			 work, employment, engagement, work assignment, or job, and that the applicant
			 or worker should have the form translated.