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Show 'Ti "t , f vv.irv--- the7 I ( ENTERPRISE In addition to the Crackdown Continued from page four affording to Saathoff, limits an agent's fee to 25 percent of the first months salary if the 'client quits or is fired within C30 days.) will finance a loan :v i : 4 percent inter- operation. agency practice that irks Saathoff is that of agencies encouraging clients to obtain loans to pay their fees. Although he says he under- "Frankly we prefer cash It up front," he continues. order to aid his own and his colleagues struggle to upgrade their image before the public, Brigham is trying to the Utah Employment Association, an or- indebtedness applicants, Saathoff has serious reservations. Ive suspicions," he says, "there is collusion between a few employment agencies, employers and loan companies," where all three receive a share of the clients fee. "This has happened in other surrounding states," he says, and he wants to be sure it does not happen in Utah. To that effect he is closely watching complaints he receives and looking for possible patterns. In addition he is studying legislation and regulations in other states, to see how they have curbed the problem. among Encouraging clients to lobtain loans is a practice taken for granted se-femin- applicant-paid-fe- e however. "There is nothing wrong with loan," says Jane Miller of ja 1 Quality Personnel Agency. I Young people starting out j their careers must consider I I this an investment," she says, Stott agrees. "Our serft vice charge is due on acceptance (of the job)," she says. "If a client is able to abtain a loan, we can help out with the interest by deducting the service charge from interest payments. We encourage clients to obtain loans." I ; A new solution to medical bill pile ups When a two week stay in the hospital can cost $4,300, its time to look at an insurance plan that covers the family. And not just any plan. The new MED PAC plan is so comprehensive, you cant afford to be without it. For example, it covers hospital bills, intensive care, maternity, surgery, nursing home, home health care, emergencies and a lot more! Get all the details with no obligation now. ably the result of a misunderstanding on the part of the applicant. Association stagnant encouraging t. guarantee and encouraging indebtedness, Saathoff is concerned a few agencies seem to bill applicants or employers for jobs applicants have found on their own. While most agents say they "dont know how" such a thing could happen, Brigham says it is prob- Cash up front gives us breathing space and liquidity for our consultants." Regarding the practice of stands many employment ' counselors are paid by commission only, and are therefore eager to be paid immediately, he says the system js a "detriment to the appli-U- agencies, for six He would not divulge the name of this company, he says, because he has "worked very hard" to obtain its co- Another employment among most 18 est." Practice irks him 3 I months at 90-da- y In RALPH D. GARDNER, C.L.U. 328-887- 1 Gardner Rich Insurance representing Tlio TRAVELERS Insurance Companies ganization of employment agents, which has been stagnant for two years. "The think tends to were a public bunch of shysters," he says. We have a code of ethics, but in order to increase our image we need to publish it. We need to police ourselves, and keep the industrial commission out of our business." 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