New York § 179 - 179Registers and other records to be kept
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§ 179. 179Registers and other records to be kept
§ 179. Registers and other records to be kept. It shall be the duty of every licensed person to keep a register, approved by the commissioner, in which shall be entered, in the English language, the date of the application for employment, the date the applicant started work and the name and address of every applicant from whom a fee or deposit is charged, the amount of the fee or deposit and the service for which it is received or charged. Such licensed person shall also enter in the same or in a separate register, approved by the commissioner, in the English language, the name and address of every employer from whom a fee is received or charged or to whom the licensed person refers an applicant who has paid or is charged a fee, the date of such employer's request or assent that applicants be furnished, the kind of position for which applicants are requested, the names of the applicants sent from whom a fee or deposit is received or charged with the designation of the one employed, the amount of the fee or deposit charged, and the rate of salary or wages agreed upon. It shall also be the duty of every licensed person to keep complete and accurate written records in the English language of all receipts and income received or derived directly from the operation of his employment agency, and to keep records concerning job orders. No such licensed person, his agent or employees, shall make any false entry in such records. It shall be the duty of every licensed person to communicate orally or in writing with at least one of the persons mentioned as references for every applicant for work in private families, or employed in a fiduciary capacity, and the result of such investigation shall be kept on file in such agency for a period of at least three years. Every register and all records kept pursuant to the requirements of this article shall be retained on the premises of the agency concerned for three years following the date on which the last entry thereon was made.
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