IL employment agency bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Illinois requires every private employment agency to file a $5,000 bond with the Department of Labor as a condition of its license. Ours is $275 flat — our minimum premium, and the smallest thing we write. 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 check 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 your license
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Department of Labor employment agency license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Illinois licenses private employment agencies through the Department of Labor under the Private Employment Agency Act (225 ILCS 515). The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee that the agency will operate in accordance with the Act — which governs fees, contracts, and conduct toward the job seekers it serves.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the people of Illinois (the protected parties), with the Department of Labor as obligee. If an agency violates the Act and harms a job seeker, the harmed person can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The license renews annually with a letter confirming the bond is in force, so we track yours and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep your $5,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.