How does an employment agency charge for its services?

Horace Escue: This is a very Gray area. They cannot just go and take whatever they want out of your paycheck, unless you signed something authorizing them to take it. But if you signed, they may still not be able to take anything from your check because you were laid off, quit, or were fired. You should contact the United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, and report this to them. They will then contact this temporary employment agency and get things straightened out, and let you know for sure whether or not it is even possible for them to legally deduct that $30 from your paycheck....Show more

Joni Ziak: The employment agency charges the customer. This means the Co looking for an employee.It charges per hour of "usage" of the employee.What happens is that the employee is an employee of the employment agency, but not of the customer.The employee is an asset of the employment agency.So, let's say you find a company that is loking for an employee.Let's! say you have the perfect match.So you tell the company, and the company accepts.You charge the company $25 an hour, but you pay your employee $15If the company decides that wants to keep the employee, you need to negotiate some paymetn from the company, because you are loosing your asset. Maybe 3 or 4 months worth of payments received if they did not keep the employee.Now, your challenge is that if you don't get paid on time..you still need to pay your employee timely.... So you will need to have some cash available just in case. Not all companies pay timely.Good luck!Call me if you need an accountant ;-)...Show more

Kizzy Hett: If you do not know this simple stuff, how can you start a business. You have to start a business only in a field that you know. For example, if you had worked in a flower shop for 2-3 years, and if you know your stuff, you can start a flower shop. If you worked in a beauty saloon for 2-3 years, you can start a beauty saloon, etc.But if you! do not know ABC of cars, how can you start a car repair shop ! ?...Show more