Salon Belleza
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Hi All. I am after some advice. Is there a law or guidelines that should be followed when leaving an employee alone ( and to cash up - lock up)? My business partner and I have a difference of opinion.
I'm not sure legally what the rules are. However personally it's something I never have liked. I think it's inconsiderate when some owners think that this is acceptable. I have done it in the past and never felt comfortable plus we had to go round the back to a dark unlit car park where my car was parked.
Thank you all for your replies. I have now spoken to my business partner and I have made sure this will not be happening again. Your support gave me the extra courage I needed to insist on it. Thank you xWhen I used to work in a salon I was left alone regularly, and from a staff point of view I absolutely hated it. I was always nervous around closing time especially in the winter when it was dark as you never know who could be out there; I was worried once I got home that I had maybe forgotten to turn something off etc; and I was left to take the cash takings home which I was never comfortable with as you'd be the first suspect of anything was to go missing!
I do also think there may be some kind of ruling that you need 2 members of staff in case of accidents
I hope this may help your business partner see the pressure this may put on the member of staff being left alone xx
It's fine for someone to work on their own (it is not against the law) however by law the employer must make sure it is safe to do so- that the employee is qualified, health and safety checks are done etc. when I worked for someone I used to work on my own and I didn't mind at all- I would cash up and close up at the end if the day and was happy to do so didn't find it a problem at all. I wasn't always on my own as I was with clients so I felt safe. I now own a salon and work sometimes on my own and my therapists also sometimes work on their own. We lock the door if we are in a treatment and also we do not do male full body massage so don't tend to be on our own with a man unless it's someone that we know(who have been coming a long time) so this also makes us feel more safe.
Yes your right, it's not against the law. Throughout my working life in some salons I've worked alone on certain days, it was never a problem to open & lock up it was part of my job. If I had a treatment in treatment room then I'd lock the door. I'd like to think that any salon owner leaving a member of staff to work alone already has trust in that employee and vice versa.
It's the same now in my salon, I'm sometimes on my own & my employee sometimes us too. We are completely safe and at ease in the salon...I have a baseball bat behind the counter in case (joke) [emoji23]
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