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The rate of fees which such licensed person intends to charge must be filed with the Director of Public Safety, and a plain and legible duplicate signed by the Director of Public Safety, shall be conspicuously posted in each room of such agency. No such licensed person shall charge a fee in excess of the rates aforesaid, or receive or accept any valuable thing or gift as a fee or pledge, or in lieu thereof. The fee charged applicants for help or employment shall be valid for a period not to exceed one month, and no additional or other fee shall be charged for any service rendered by such agency during this time, except when the employment or engagement is of a temporary nature, not to exceed in any single contract one month, then the fee shall not exceed ten per centum of the salary paid. In case an applicant for help or employment shall not obtain such through said agency, such licensed person shall, on demand, repay the full amount of the fee paid therefor, allowing a time which the director, or his deputy or inspector, may deem reasonable to determine the fact of the applicant's failure to obtain help or employment. When, however, upon evidence satisfactory to the Director of Public Safety, or his deputy or inspector, it appears that said licensed person has in good faith made an honest attempt to procure help or employment for said applicant, although in fact the applicant did not secure employment through such agency, he will be entitled to retain, of such fee paid, an amount not exceeding fifty cents. It shall be the duty of such licensed person to give to every applicant for employment or help, from whom a fee shall be received, a receipt, in which shall be stated the name and address of said applicant, the date and amount of the fee, the period for which the fee is good, and the kind of employment or help for which it is paid. No fee or other payment shall be accepted by any such licensed person for any other purpose, except as herein provided, and no such licensed person shall divide fees with, or pay commissions to, persons to whom applicants are sent for employment. Every such licensed person shall post in a conspicuous place, in each room of his agency a plain and legible copy of this act, which shall be printed in languages which persons commonly doing business with such agency can understand, and upon which appears the name and address of the office of the Director of Public Safety, and advising that any misconduct on the part of any one connected with such agency should be reported to him.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 4548. Rate of fees to be posted and not exceeded; time valid; refunding; receipt; division with employer; posting copy of act - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-4548/
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