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Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone here is a business owner who has had to pay statutory maternity pay for an employee before? Basically I qualify for SMP and am due to start maternity leave today. However my boss has stuck his head in the sand and basically told me he doesn't know how it...

Thank you so much everyone, I'm feeling much better about the whole thing! I finally got a hold of my boss last night and he said he will ask another stylist to start earlier on Friday to fit her in so I've chilled a bit knowing it's getting sorted. I'll be there with another client at the time...

Thank for the reply @redlottie13 I'm my own worst enemy at times! My boss owns the business with his husband, who has 25 years experience but unfortunately only does hair in our salon one evening a week as he works mainly in their other salon. Aside from that, there are two other girls but...

Hey everyone, I have a huge problem regarding a colour I attempted yesterday that I wasnt feeling comfortable in. Without going through the full long story, basically I done this colour on a new client and it didn't turn out as I expected. Half an hour before closing time I decided to redo it...

Thankyou both for all the advice!! It's very much appreciated. I decided to brave it today and contact a few local salons I have been noseying and the second one is meeting me tomorrow for a chat!! So excited and nervous at the same time I've drummed up a quick portfolio of my work and...

Hey guys, have came back here after 2 years of being inactive. Basically I went on the floor 1.5 years ago and have gradually built up a decent clientele in the salon where I've been for the past 3 years. I love doing hair and I strive to be the best that I can be, but due to the position I...

Most times he uses Osmo ikon stuff but for the last few weeks we've had a big tub of Montespa :confused: Smells like cement

My employer is very much a 'price over quality' kind of guy when picking products so decent is something that it will not likely be :eek: lord help me!!

Thanks guys! I'm probably over thinking it. Was just scared to take the darker colour down first incase I do the ends after and decide I want to take it higher and can't because the tints on already. But I'm sure I'll be fine! Xx

Repeated question alert!! Sorry guys but I haven't been on here for months since I started my level 3 in college and having a hard time finding what I'm looking for by searching the forum. Basically I go on the floor and have my first client this Monday (eeek) who is looking for an ombre. I...

Thanks everyone!! The razor sounds like a good idea. Only used it once but my boss loves it so will be happy to keep me on the right track with it. I'm surprised hearing people hate thinners, all the stylists in my work say they couldn't live without them!! X

Hey guys Im in my level 3 and have a lady coming tomorrow for a cut and blowdry. She sent me this attatched picture of her hair just now and this is the way she is wanting to keep it. I'm confident in uniform cuts and shorter hair in general but I haven't done a cut this 'bitty' before. I was...

Well I managed to access this from google so hopefully this will back me up http://www.nhf.info/about-the-nhf/manifestos-and-campaigns/national-minimum-wage/

Thanks for the reply. I considered contacting hmrc but because this is apparently a 'hairdressers only issue' I wasn't sure they'd have that kind of info. I suppose contacting and trying wouldn't hurt

Like I said I asked for advice on this a few months back and got the answer I needed, but when I tell my boss that he is wrong, I'm going to need more than 'salon geek told me so' to prove him wrong lol. Basically everyone in my work gets a daily rate of £50 which means the girls that work long...

Hey guys Im looking for advice on pay/daily rates etc. and can't seem to find anything online. According to a stylist in my work, there is a law concerning my issue which is 'set' by the national hairdressing federation and basically I am trying to find some set in stone info about this matter...

Hey guys was looking for a little bit of advice here... Basically I never received my P60 this year and now that I'm applying for something to do with my child's nursery fees I'm needing a hold of it. Asked my boss 3 weeks ago and he said he would get in touch with the accountant for me and get...

Thanks AcidPerm, I think my salon is the perfect example of how not to run a salon but that sounds awful, poor woman. surprisingly he does have an accountant... One that is forever posting letters through the door with 'urgent' all over it though! Thanks again x

Thankyou so much guys... This is exactly what I thought but I don't like to question stylists who have been in the game years longer than me lol my boss has apparently been paying this way since he opened his business yeeeeears ago and it looks like all the stylists are very nieve... Another...

Hey geeks not posted in a while but wondered if any of you could help me. Basically I am a 21 year old junior and get paid by hour (£6.50) which is nmw and is fine. It's only in the past few weeks a few of the stylists in my work have started making digs towards me because I get paid by hour...