Corporate Employment Service, Inc. v. Moss

The issue herein is the interpretation of subdivision 1 of section 185 of the General Business Law providing for gross fees chargeable by licensed employment agencies not to exceed five per cent where “ the period of employment is for at least one year, and at a yearly salary.”

The commissioner of licenses of the city of New York after hearings revoked the license of petitioner Corporate Employment Service, Inc., to conduct its business as an employment agency on the ground that petitioner had violated the provisions of the General Business Law (§ 185) by charging certain employees for whom it…