NY employment agency bonds.
Issued instantly. From $100.
The license bond New York requires of every employment agency under General Business Law §177. The standard $5,000 bond starts from $100, most applications issue instantly, and it is ready to file with your licensing agency the same day you apply.
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The employment agency bond is instant-issue — there is no underwriting queue to wait in. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details and the bond amount your licensing agency requires — usually $5,000 — are the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, and for most agencies there is no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Higher penal sums may get a quick review.
File with your licensing agency
Submit the executed bond with your license application or renewal — to the NYS Department of Labor, or to NYC DCWP if your agency is in the five boroughs. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the employment agency bond actually covers
New York licenses employment agencies under General Business Law Article 11 (§§170–194). Before a license is issued, §177 requires the agency to file a $5,000 surety bond approved by the commissioner. The bond guarantees the agency complies with Article 11 — including its limits on fees and its duty to refund fees owed to applicants and employers.
The standard penal sum is $5,000. In New York City the license and bond run through the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), which sets a $10,000 bond for agencies that recruit domestic or household workers from outside the United States or that operate as modeling or theatrical agencies — all other NYC agencies post $5,000.
Because the bond is small and statutory, it is instant-issue for most applicants: no financial statements, no credit section, no underwriter queue. You apply, pay, and file the executed bond with your licensing agency the same day.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount your licensing agency requires — the standard $5,000 bond is generated instantly, ready to file the same day.
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Employment agency bond, issued today.
Instant issue for most, from $100 for the standard $5,000 bond. File with your licensing agency the same day.