It shall be illegal for any person to engage in contracting for domestic help, workmen or employees whose services are to be used outside of the Virgin Islands, in the United States or in any foreign country, without first securing from the Commissioner of Finance a license to operate as an employment agency in accordance […]
Any person desiring to operate an employment agency shall make application for a license to the Commissioner of Finance and submit for his approval all contract forms to be used in contracting for the services of persons seeking employment. Such forms after approval can not be altered, changed or amended without the approval of the […]
Upon payment of a license fee of $50, to be deposited in the treasury of the Virgin Islands, and upon approval of the contract forms to be used, the Commissioner of Finance shall issue to the applicant a license to operate an employment agency.
The Commissioner of Finance shall not approve contract forms to be used for the purpose of contracting for labor to be employed outside the Virgin Islands unless the contracts set forth the following provisions: (1) the total payments for the services of the employment agency shall not exceed 10% of the first 3 months’ earnings, […]
Bonds or other security shall be posted by the employment agency in such amounts as may be required by the Commissioner of Finance from time to time to guarantee the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter.
Any employee covered by this chapter shall communicate to the Commissioner of Finance any breach of his or her employment contract. The Commissioner of Finance shall immediately investigate the matter and take whatever action he deems necessary to correct or remedy the situation.
An employment agency contracting the services of workmen or employees outside the Virgin Islands, shall furnish all information or records to the Commissioner of Finance which he requires.
Contracting for the services of minors under 16 and persons over 60 years of age is absolutely prohibited.
The Commissioner of Finance may suspend or revoke any employment agency license for gross or wilful violation of this chapter.
Whoever fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not more than $500.
