Salon Labor and Wage Laws Focus of PBA Symposium
Beauty experts took a deep dive into compliance for owners. The event was sold-out.
by Anne Moratto
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A set of companion bills would allow any person to practice cosmetology without a license as long as the provider enters into a written contract with the client.
While this law doesn’t apply outside of California, it could become a model for other states. Salons utilizing renters will have to run a much tighter ship and booth renters will need to show specific ways in which they are independent from the salon owner.
After beauty professionals campaigned for nails and skin care to be included, California Assembly Bill 5 was amended to offer exemptions to licensed manicurists and estheticians as well as hairstylists and barbers.
The Professional Beauty Federation of California's Welcome to Our World (W.O.W.) lobbying event took place at the Capitol Events Center, next door to the Capitol building in Sacramento.
A first-of-its-kind law in California requires all ingredients to be disclosed on the labels of professional beauty products. Lawmakers also toughen cruelty-free cosmetics regulations.
Congressman Darin LaHood and Congresswoman Suzan DelBene recently introduced legislation that would extend the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) tax tip credit to employer-based beauty service establishments where tipping is also customary.
Vermont reduces instruction hours and Tenessee authorizes mobile work.
A new California Supreme Court decision has strengthened the distinctions between independent contractor and employee, meaning the vast majority of salons will no longer be able to claim independent contractor status for their workers.
Effective January 1, 2019, Vermont H 684 reduces the hours of instruction required for nail technicians from 400 to 200 hours.
Kentucky’s governor just signed a bill into law reducing the course of instruction for nail technicians from 600 to 450 hours.
As of January 1, 2017, owners of California beauty salons and barbershops can legally offer clients one free serving of wine or beer.
Effective January 1, Illinois will require all licensed professionals within the state to be trained on how to handle situations of domestic violence when speaking with clients.
The Professional Beauty Federation of California (PBFC) hosted its 16th Welcome to Our World (W.O.W.) event on April 11 in Sacramento, Calif.
The Professional Beauty Federation of California (PBFC) hosted its 16th Welcome to Our World (W.O.W.) event on April 11 in Sacramento, Calif.
Filmmaker Adele Pham shares her full interview with former U.S. Congressman Joseph Cao, the first Vietnamese-American to be elected to Congress, at the state senate for a bill hearing requiring the next member of the Louisiana state board of barbering and cosmetology to be someone who is Vietnamese that works within the nail industry. The Louisiana Board of Cosmetology has been accused of discriminating against Vietnamese-owned salons.
The Professional Beauty Association is on a mission to bring fairness to the treatment of tip income in the beauty industry.