{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-54","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-54","heading":"Fees","body":"(a) The service fee charged for helping to secure permanent\n\nemployment shall not exceed the following schedule: Fifteen percent\n\n(15%) of the first full month's gross compensation if the position\n\npays Seventy-nine Dollars and ninety-nine cents ($79.99) or less;\n\ntwenty percent (20%) of the first full month's gross compensation if\n\nthe position pays Eighty Dollars ($80.00) through One Hundred\n\nNineteen Dollars and ninety-nine cents ($119.99); thirty percent\n\n(30%) of the first full month's gross compensation if the position\n\npays One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) through One Hundred Forty-\n\nnine Dollars and ninety-nine cents ($149.99); forty percent (40%) of\n\nthe first full month's gross compensation if the position pays One\n\nHundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) through Two Hundred Seventy-four\n\nDollars and ninety-nine cents ($274.99); forty-five percent (45%) of\n\nthe first full month's gross compensation if the position pays Two\n\nHundred Seventy-five Dollars ($275.00) through Four Hundred Ninety-\n\nnine Dollars and ninety-nine cents ($499.99). For procuring\n\nemployment paying gross compensation of Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($500.00) or more per month, the fee shall be determined by written\n\nagreement between all parties concerned. The fee schedule shall be\n\nposted in a conspicuous place in each employment agency office.\n\n(b) In no event shall the fee for temporary employment exceed\n\nthat for permanent placement. Any period of employment terminating\n\nat any time within sixty (60) days from the date of employment shall\n\nconstitute temporary employment and a fee of not more than twenty\n\npercent (20%) of the amount earned shall be charged. All employment\n\nexceeding sixty (60) days' duration shall be considered a permanent\n\nplacement. No licensed employment agency shall collect a fee before\n\nan applicant has obtained employment. No fee shall be charged for\n\nregistering with an employment agency or for instituting a search or\n\ninvestigation, or for other employment-related aids. Where the\n\nremuneration is in the form of a straight commission, the first\n\nthree (3) months' gross earnings shall be divided by three to\n\nestablish an average monthly compensation against which to compute\n\nthe fee. No finance company or other purchaser of employment\n\ncontracts shall be considered a holder in due course of such paper\n\nuntil after the temporary employment period shall have run and\n\npermanent employment shall have been established, and in no event\n\nshall the applicant for employment be liable for any charge to a\n\nfinance company in addition to the legal placement fee as\n\nhereinabove set forth.\n\n(c) This section shall not apply to an employment agency acting\n\nas a search consultant that is retained and compensated solely by\n\nthe employer on a retainer or consulting basis.","path":["OK Code","Title 40"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os40.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"8722025141ffb0fa3334c410a99377b389cb3301f025902fb1320ba499b0b7e6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-52","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}