N.Y. General Business Law § 192: Prohibited activities

§ 192. Prohibited activities. An employer fee paid employment agency

shall not engage in any of the following activities or conduct:

1. Direct an applicant to an employer for the purpose of obtaining

employment without having first obtained a bona fide order therefor;

however, a qualified applicant may be directed to an employer who has

previously requested that it regularly be accorded interviews with

applicants of certain qualifications if a confirmation of the order is

sent to the employer. Likewise an agency may attempt to sell the

services of an applicant to an employer from which no job order has been

received as long as this fact is told the applicant before the applicant

is directed to the employer. Any applicant who is referred to an

employer contrary to the provisions of this subdivision without

obtaining employment thereby, shall be reimbursed by the agency for all

ordinary and necessary travel expenses incurred by the applicant as a

result of such referral, within twenty-four hours of making a demand

therefor.

2. Send or cause to be sent any person to any employer where the

agency knows, or reasonably should have known, that the prospective

employment is or would be in violation of state or federal laws

governing minimum wages or child labor, or in violation of article

sixty-five of the education law relating to compulsory education or

article four of the labor law, or, that a labor dispute is in progress,

without notifying the applicant of such fact, and delivering to him or

her a clear written statement that a labor dispute exists at the place

of such employment, or make any referral to an employment or occupation

prohibited by law.

3. Require applicants for employment to subscribe to any publication

or incidental service or contribute to the cost of advertising.

4. Make or cause to be made or use any name, sign or advertising

device bearing a name which may be similar to or may reasonably be

confused with the name of a federal, state, city, county or other

government agency.