877—34.8(84I) Contracts and fee schedules.
	34.8(1) Schedules furnished. Any schedule of fees to be charged by an agency to employees shall be furnished to all employees at the time of making an application with the agency.
	34.8(2) Required content of all contracts.
	a. 	Contracts and fee schedules shall not contain smaller than 8-point type.
	b. 	Contracts and fee schedules shall contain no ambiguous, false or misleading information.
	c. 	All contracts and fee schedules must clearly state that the agency is licensed by the labor commissioner and that inquiries may be made via mail to the Division of Workforce Development, 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, or by telephone to 515.725.3720 or 515.725.3859.
	34.8(3) Additional required content for employee-paid fee contracts.
	a. 	Each employee-paid fee contract shall contain a provision limiting to one year from the date of referral the period for which an agency may assess a placement fee for referral of that employee to that employer.
	b. 	Where the agency provides the option for advance payment, the contract and employee-paid fee schedule must clearly state that the employee knowingly agrees to pay the fee in advance with the full understanding that the employee is not required to do so, and that the agency guarantees to refund any amount in excess of 15 percent of the employee’s gross earnings from that employer for which the agency procured the job for a period of time not to exceed the first 12 months from the date of employment, when ascertained.
	c. 	All employee-paid fee contracts and fee schedules must state the fee in dollar amounts as well as percentages.
[Editorial change: IAC Supplement 1/23/13; ARC 4639C, IAB 8/28/19, effective 10/2/19; ARC 5022C, IAB 4/8/20, effective 5/13/20; Editorial change: IAC Supplement 6/26/24]