WAC 308-33-011. Are the fees charged by employment agencies regulated?

Although fees are not regulated, employment agencies cannot require by contract or otherwise that an applicant pay in any one month period an amount which exceeds their gross earnings for that period. Employment termination: How much does an applicant owe the employment agency? • Employed sixty days or less - An applicant must pay up to twenty percent of the gross earnings received, or the full placement fee established in the employment agency contract, whichever is less. • Employed over sixty days - An applicant must pay the full placement fee established in the employment agency contract. Within seventy days after reporting to work, an applicant may submit payroll information to the agency to reevaluate the fee due based on the actual gross earnings for the first sixty days of employment.