CT employment agency bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
Connecticut requires every private employment agency to file a $7,500 bond with the Labor Commissioner to open, keep, or renew its license. The price is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond — the application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Labor Commissioner
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your private employment agency license application or annual renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Connecticut employment agency bond is a job-seeker-protection guarantee. Private employment agencies collect fees and place workers, and the state wants a financial backstop that the agency will follow the law that governs fees, contracts, and refunds.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Connecticut (the obligee), with applicants and employers as the protected parties. If an agency violates the private employment agency law and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
The license renews annually, and the bond must stay active the whole time. The statute also sets a $150 yearly license fee, separate from the bond. We track the bond and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $7,500 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect that information.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.