Prohibited Acts

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Commercial Instruments and Transactions
4. Consumer Protection
5. Employment Agencies
6. Prohibited Acts

No employment agency, or employer thereof, shall:

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.

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