DWD 277.01   Definitions.

DWD 277.015   Employer-paid fee employment agent registration.

DWD 277.02   Application for a license.

DWD 277.03   Character and premises.

DWD 277.04   Licensee.

DWD 277.05   License coverage.

DWD 277.06   License renewal.

DWD 277.07   Licenses withheld, suspended, or revoked.

DWD 277.08   Moving place of business.

DWD 277.09   Classifications, fee schedules, and other requirements.

DWD 277.10   Receipts, refunds, and other contractual provisions applicable to all classes.

DWD 277.11   Orders from employers.

DWD 277.13   Applicant travel expense.

DWD 277.14   Records to be kept.

DWD 277.15   Applicant-paid fee agents.

DWD 277.16   Inducing discharge or termination of employment.

DWD 277.18   Posting of license, fee schedule, and rules.

DWD 277.19   Notice to home care consumers and workers.

Ch. DWD 277 History History: Chapter Ind 77, as it existed on July 31, 1970 was repealed and a new chapter Ind 77 was created, Register, July, 1970, No. 175, eff. 8-1-70. Chapter Ind 77 was renumbered ch. ILHR 277 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, February, 1996, No. 482. Chapter ILHR 277 was renumbered chapter DWD 277 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections were made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register, May, 1997, No. 497.

DWD 277.01 DWD 277.01 Definitions. As used in this chapter:

DWD 277.01(1) (1) “Agency” or “agent” means employment agent.

DWD 277.01(2) (2) “Applicant” means a job seeker who informs an employment agency of his or her availability and qualifications for referral to job openings and requests assistance in finding a position.

DWD 277.01(3) (3) “Branch office” means a separate office of an agency located in the same community as the parent or main office.

DWD 277.01(4) (4) “Department” means the department of workforce development.

DWD 277.01(4m) (4m) “Employer-paid fee employment agent” means a private employment agent whose fees or charges are paid entirely and directly by the employer to the employment agent.

DWD 277.01(5) (5) “Employment agent” has the meaning defined in s. 105.01, Stats.

DWD 277.01(6) (6) “Referral” means the making of arrangements by an agency to bring to the attention of an employer the qualifications of the applicant by means of an employment interview. The mailing of an unsolicited resume in itself does not constitute a referral.

DWD 277.01(7) (7) “Registration fee” means any charge for registering or listing an applicant for employment, including any charge for letter writing, cost of photograph or filmstrip, costume, or any charge of a similar nature, without having a bona fide order for the placement of the applicant in a job.