Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonorabie Maureen Moore, Commissioner
Bureau of Labor Statlstioa
Austin, Texas Opinion Ho. O-7299
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Ret Lqality 0r aa employment This is to ackcaowled~ recslp
July 15, 1946, which la quoted in part:
This agsncy is planni
type of advertlwnent~
are they per- cost through their agency?”
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Your first question whether the agency may insert an advertlaement stating that it8 “personnel aervlces” consist of Professional Placement Services and Personnel Consulting Ser- vlcea Including (1) Employee Morale Surveys and (2) Employees Publicationa and Handbooks Prepared for Individual Firms 1s answered ea follow e t
Artiole 1593a, Section 13, Vernon’s Code of Crlmlnal Procedure, in part reads t
"sec. 13. go employment or labor agent ahallx “(b) Advertise hllr agency by means of cards, clr- signs or in rtewspapers or other publicationa, culara, unless suah advertl8ements shall set forth the name of the agent and the address of hir employment office; nor shall any such llcenwd peso011 UBO eny letterheads or blank8 not containlag
the n&me of such employlllsnt or labor agent and the address of his employment of- fice.
“(c) Publish or cause to be published any false or mlsleadlng advertisement or notice relating to his em- ploym8nt agency.
“(d) Qlvs any false InforlgStlon or make an false representation concerning employment to any app icant 9 for employment . ’
We presume that the. employment or labor agent will com- ply with the requirement of setting forth in the advertisement the name and address of the employment or labor agent. Aseumlng the matter not to be false or misleading such notice la not ob- jectionable under clauses (a) and (d).
Your second question whether the agency may charge a fee to the employer for conducting certain aervicea is answered as follow at
Article 5221-a-4, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, states in part f
nsec. 11. Where a fee ia charged for obtaining employment euch fee in no event shall exceed the sum of Three ($3) Dollars, which may be collected from the applicant only after employment has been obtained
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