2018 Tennessee Code
Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions
Chapter 18 - Consumer Protection
Part 17 - Employment Agencies
§ 47-18-1703. Prohibited acts.

(1) Impose any fee on candidates except for furnishing of employment directly or indirectly through the efforts of such employment agency;

(2) Impose any fee on any candidate prior to the time at which that candidate has secured a job;

(3) Engage or attempt to engage in the splitting or sharing of fees with an employer, or an employee of an employer, to whom employment agency services have been furnished;

(4) Impose any fee for employing or training a person as a personnel consultant with such employment agency;

(5) Make, give or cause to be made or given to any candidate any false promise, misrepresentation, or inaccurate or misleading statement or information;

(6) Procure or attempt to procure the discharge of any person from such person's employment;

(7) Induce or attempt to induce any employee placed by the employment agency to leave such employment, except upon request made and initiated by such employee;

(8) Knowingly refer any candidate to employment which is prohibited by law, or deleterious to health or morals;

(9) Refer any candidate for an interview without having first obtained, either orally or in writing, a bona fide job order or recruiting assignment from an employer for an interview;

(10) Make or cause to be made or use any name, sign or advertising device bearing a name which may be reasonably confused with the name of a government agency;

(11) Knowingly publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading information, representation, permission, notice or advertisement;

(12) Require any candidate to contract with a specified lending agency to pay employment agency service charges; or

(13) Knowingly and willfully violate any law of this state or the United States.