US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

CHAPTER 2.  EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS AND

LABOR AGENCIES

PART I.  PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

§101.  Terms defined

As used in this Part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

(1)  "Person" means an individual, company, corporation, partnership, or agent thereof, including any person, as defined in R.S. 1:10.

(2)  "Employment service" means a person who for a fee:

(a)  Offers or attempts to procure, directly or indirectly, employment for an applicant or candidate.

(b)  Procures or attempts to procure an employee for an employer.

(3)  "Fee" means anything of value, including money or other valuable consideration, received or to be received directly or indirectly by an employment service in payment for its service.

(4)  "Applicant" means a person engaging or using the services of an employment service for the purpose of securing employment where such person has signed a written contract with the employment service to pay a fee for such service.

(5)  "Licensee" means an individual who has been issued a license by the Department of Labor to operate a private employment service in this state.  Such individual shall be the owner of a company, a partner owning at least ten percent of a partnership, or an officer, director, or stockholder owning at least ten percent of a corporation.

(6)  "Employer" means a person employing or seeking to employ an employee.

(7)  "Assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary of the office of regulatory services.

(8)  "Consultant" means an individual employed by a licensed private employment service that regularly interviews and refers applicants to prospective employers or otherwise advises or counsels in the field of employment.  Consultant shall mean an individual employed by a licensed private employment service that solicits or receives job orders from employers.

(9)  "Job order" means a verbal or written notification from an employer to an employment service of a job opening or a potential job opening.

(10)  "Candidate" means a person engaging or using the services of an employment service for the purposes of securing employment where such person has not signed a written contract with the employment service to pay a fee for such services.

(11)  "Exclusively employer fee paid service" means a licensee who only charges employers for services and who has made written certification to the Department of Labor that it is an "exclusively" employer fee paid service.

(12)  "Applicant fee paid service" means a licensee who offers its services to applicants, candidates, and employers where either an applicant or employer may be charged a fee for service.

Acts 1981, No. 732, §1; Acts 1987, No. 791, §§1, 2; Acts 1991, No. 869, §1; Acts 1992, No. 633, §1, eff. Jan.  1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 982, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997.