do you allow your staff to do paying clients at home? Also how do you feel about staff posting salon work on their own personal social media? I have a bad feeling about a member of staff using salon pictures to build her own portfolio
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RED STAR
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Employed staff, or self employed.......
You've no say if self employed.
You've no say if self employed.
RED STAR
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Does your employee live near to the salon?
Do you have a radius clause written into her contract?
Where is she sourcing these paying client's.
Is she informing 'Salon' client's of her 'At home' service.
Is she claiming she's just doing friends and family, or is she quite up front about it, and doesn't see why you should have a problem with it!
I think the line has become blurred between working FOR a salon, and working FROM a salon....
You might just need to clarify the difference with this staff member.
If you do nothing, she could cream off your best customers!
Do you have a radius clause written into her contract?
Where is she sourcing these paying client's.
Is she informing 'Salon' client's of her 'At home' service.
Is she claiming she's just doing friends and family, or is she quite up front about it, and doesn't see why you should have a problem with it!
I think the line has become blurred between working FOR a salon, and working FROM a salon....
You might just need to clarify the difference with this staff member.
If you do nothing, she could cream off your best customers!
Paige@TheClinik
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If she is employed then she is taking the mick! Not acceptable at all x
krum
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Is it in her contact that she can't?
It's not taking the mick to do her own work from home as long as she isn't client poaching or advertising in the salon that she can do them from home. If she has a completely different client base there and it isn't in her contract that she can't then she's done nothing wrong.
It's not taking the mick to do her own work from home as long as she isn't client poaching or advertising in the salon that she can do them from home. If she has a completely different client base there and it isn't in her contract that she can't then she's done nothing wrong.
blossom
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Agree she's not doing anything wrong provided she isn't poaching but certainly shouldn't be using pics on her own page of nails done in the salon when employed by you, but nothing to stop her using pics of nails she's done in her own time.
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The last salon I worked in had no problem with me doing my own clients on the side as I live 30 mins from the salon, i recently just started at a new salon (again 30 mins in the other direction from my house) but Im no longer allowed to do clients at home as its competition for the salon. It was heart breaking because I'd spent so long building it up only to have to throw it all away. My prices were lower than the salon (salon is high end) and the clients I had wouldn't be willing to pay the salon price anyway especially with it being 30 mins away but I sucked it up because I love the job and wanted to work there.
What I'm saying is at the end of the day its your business, if you're not happy with it then tell her it needs to stop. If she wants to keep her job she'll just have to get over it.
What I'm saying is at the end of the day its your business, if you're not happy with it then tell her it needs to stop. If she wants to keep her job she'll just have to get over it.
Paige@TheClinik
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It is taking the mick if she is using pictures of work done in salon to use to promote her home clients! I honestly wouldn't take anyone on that was doing clients at home too. That's my opinion.
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krum
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No that isn't true. You can't just add any non compete clause however unreasonable. It wouldn't stand up in court. 30 mins away does not impact on their business.
In this instance it doesn't appear to even be in her contract.
cml
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My employee can't. And is in there contract
cml
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You can add a client clourse and it does stand in court
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@krum is correct.
You can't just add a new clause into an existing contract unless the employee agrees to it. If they're only on NMW, I can't see why they'd agree.
Also, do you risk sacking an employee for doing clients from home?
Most employers won't want the expense of pursuing a claim against an employee unless they're 100% certain they will recover their costs, and if they sack the employee it may be deemed unfair dismissal.
It's definitely not cut and dried!
You can't just add a new clause into an existing contract unless the employee agrees to it. If they're only on NMW, I can't see why they'd agree.
Also, do you risk sacking an employee for doing clients from home?
Most employers won't want the expense of pursuing a claim against an employee unless they're 100% certain they will recover their costs, and if they sack the employee it may be deemed unfair dismissal.
It's definitely not cut and dried!
Welsh Heart
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I would say no if you employ them as it is a conflict of interest. If they want to be self employed then I would let them go and remind them that any pictures taking in your business is your property. If however they are self employed working in your salon then they can work where ever they want on what days they want. Any pictures taken of their work would belong to them.
carolwheatley
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Uuummmm bit of a tricky one really. ... probably best to seek legal advice. .. before making any decision. .. just to be sure...
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