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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 198 Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($275.00) through Four Hundred Ninety- nine Dollars and ninety-nine cents ($499.99). For procuring employment paying gross compensation of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more per month, the fee shall be determined by written agreement between all parties concerned. The fee schedule shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each employment agency office. (b) In no event shall the fee for temporary employment exceed that for permanent placement. Any period of employment terminating at any time within sixty (60) days from the date of employment shall constitute temporary employment and a fee of not more than twenty percent (20%) of the amount earned shall be charged. All employment exceeding sixty (60) days' duration shall be considered a permanent placement. No licensed employment agency shall collect a fee before an applicant has obtained employment. No fee shall be charged for registering with an employment agency or for instituting a search or investigation, or for other employment-related aids. Where the remuneration is in the form of a straight commission, the first three (3) months' gross earnings shall be divided by three to establish an average monthly compensation against which to compute the fee. No finance company or other purchaser of employment contracts shall be considered a holder in due course of such paper until after the temporary employment period shall have run and permanent employment shall have been established, and in no event shall the applicant for employment be liable for any charge to a finance company in addition to the legal placement fee as hereinabove set forth. (c) This section shall not apply to an employment agency acting as a search consultant that is retained and compensated solely by the employer on a retainer or consulting basis. Added by Laws 1967, c. 384, § 3, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 11, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 313, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2017, c. 51, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

§40-55. Rules and regulations. (a) Every employment agency shall enter into a written agreement with every applicant for services to be rendered and the time and method of payment, and on which there shall appear the definition of "Temporary Employment", "Permanent Employment" and "Method of Payment". Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit an employment agency from making arrangements by wire or telephone without said employee having first entered into a written agreement with the agency; and provided further, if by oversight or intention an applicant fails to sign an employment contract, but is placed and accepts such employment, the employment agency shall be entitled to its fee for such placement. Every employment agency shall provide the applicant with a copy of any written agreement between the applicant and the agency. All