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 24.04 - Application Requirements for Employment Agencies and Placement Agencies

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Requirement for Submission of
			 a Completed Application for Licensure or Registration
. An Owner of
			 an Agency engaging in the activities of an Agency, including but not limited to
			 recruiting workers, soliciting clients, or advertising such services in
			 Massachusetts shall submit to the Department a completed Application for
			 Employment Agency License or Placement Agency Registration with all required
			 attachments on a form prescribed by the Director.
(2)
Information Required for
			 Initial Employment Agency License Application
. Applicants for an
			 initial Employment Agency License shall submit the following information on or
			 with the initial application form:
(a) name
			 of the Agency;
(b) name under which
			 business will be conducted;
(c)
			 physical and mailing addresses of the Agency. Persons wishing to use a post
			 office box for mailing or public information purposes must specify to the
			 Department the actual address where records will be kept and business will be
			 conducted;
(d) name and address of
			 the Agency Owner;
(e) copy of a
			 government-issued photo identification for the Agency Owner;
(f) evidence that the person is properly
			 registered as a business with local or state government as required by
			 law;
(g) federal tax identification
			 number;
(h) name of the Agency
			 manager;
(i) types of jobs or
			 Engagements which the Agency will refer or assign Job Applicants or
			 Workers;
(j) information relating
			 to any Applicant Fees or charges assessed to Job Applicants or Workers by the
			 Agency;
(k) information relating to
			 how Job Applicants or Workers are paid;
(l) certification of compliance with all laws
			 of the Commonwealth relating to taxes, reporting of employees and contractors,
			 and withholding and remitting of child support in accordance with M.G.L. c.
			 62C, § 49A(a); unemployment insurance contributions in accordance with
			 M.G.L. c. 151A, § 19A(a); workers' compensation insurance in accordance
			 with M.G.L. c. 152, § 25C(6); and classification of employees in
			 accordance with M.G.L. c. 149 § 148B;
(m) an affirmation of compliance with the
			 requirement to post or distribute the Massachusetts Wage and Hour poster
			 pursuant to
			 454 CMR
			 27.00:
Minimum Wage
;
(n) a surety bond filed in the penal sum of
			 $3,000 payable to the people of the Commonwealth on a form prescribed by the
			 Director. A separate bond is required for each location licensed as an
			 Employment Agency;
(o) two
			 affidavits from reputable residents of the Commonwealth for each Owner
			 attesting to the Owner's character, on a form prescribed by the Director; an
			 affidavit supplied by a member of an Owner's immediate family or subordinate is
			 not acceptable;
(p) a signed and
			 dated CORI Request Form for each Owner;
(q) a copy of the Agency placement manager's
			 most recent resume;
(r) a sample of
			 every form, contract, agreement, time sheet, brochure, Applicant Fee schedule,
			 job application, job description, and other document to be provided to Clients,
			 Job Applicants, or Workers;
(s)
			 non-refundable, annual application fee;
(t) a certification of compliance with M.G.L.
			 c. 140, §§ 46A through 46R;
(u) certification of compliance with M.G.L.
			 c. 149, § 159C, if applicable; and
(v) such other information as the Director
			 may reasonably require.