# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 9. Employment Agencies

### Subtitle 3. Employment Agencies

#### Section 9-306

(a) If, within 90 days after a client starts a job, the client is discharged through no fault of the client or leaves the job voluntarily with just cause, an employment agency may charge the client a temporary placement fee of up to the lesser of:

  (1) 20% of the total compensation the client received; or

  (2) 75% of the permanent placement fee for the same job.

(b) If, within 90 days after a client starts a job, the client is discharged for cause or leaves the job voluntarily without just cause, an employment agency may charge the client a temporary placement fee of up to 75% of the permanent placement fee.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)