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That's absolutely crazy and discrimination. A self employed person working from home or travelling to the homes of customers I agree there is more leway under the law. However a salon must offer all service to all genders especially where the training isn't gender spicific. Anything else is...

Yet again this is about a salon not an individual. Someone in the salon must provide the same service for men to avoid being discriminatory.

I don't think any of that is relevant to salons lol or even relevant to this thread.

And I've had similar with female clients. But again this thread is about a salon, and it's definitely discrimination.

And yet again the original post is about a salon and not a lone worker. So this is yet again irrelevant. To be able to refuse service to someone based on gender you need an exemption from the council. Which is only available for carers providing intimate care to a disabled person.

The laws have carried on now we have left the EU, restaurants don't have to sell meat options as that isn't protected unlike vegans and vegetarians. If you have visited a restaurant that doesn't serve vegan or vegetarian meals and are a vegan or vegetarian then you have a right to report them.

So that's completely wrong. By turning down male clients are are discriminating against them, I understand that there are some creeps. I have creepy female customers but I don't turn females down because that would be discrimination. And I used to run restaurants and for several years now...

The only listed service that might have any relation to is waxing, none of the other services are gender spicific training. And unless atleast one person working in the salon offers waxing to each gender it would still be classed as discrimination.

You should also take into account that the initial post is about a salon and not an individual.

No that's just not correct. The only time it's a grey area is of its intimate care of a disabled person, then a legal exemption certificate is issued by the council. Otherwise refusal based on gender is illegal and discrimination.

Easy answer is no, it's not legal. Gender is protected under the equality act 2010 and it would therefore be discrimination and a breach of that act (and others) to refuse service based on gender.

So the information that's been posted in response to your question is actually incorrect, and the answer Is more complicated and depends on the individual business. Even if you rent a chair and are self employed HSE class you as an employee when it comes to health and safety, which covers work...

Thats disgusting, genuinely vile that if that's the case. But only applies to self employed from that?! I'm seriously rethinking any involvement in this industry now that it seems to support discrimination.

Absolutely having the right to stop a treatment, but refusing before they begin no.

I am already undertaking distanced learning for salon and beauty management and this has covered discrimination. And has put that you can't refuse anyone based on gender, you can limit services if they involve intimate areas. The point made is that black and white people have different hair that...

A genuinely shocking response.

I understand there will always be times that either gender will be made to feel uncomfortable by the opposite gender and the same gander too. In the many years I ran pubs and hotels I've had knives held to my throat (was a women) , I've broken up domestic abuse in hotel rooms, had to get...

This is horrific, cutting hair is not a personal service like this. Touching an intimate area yes. Here is what quality human rights says when it comes to hairdressers. Equality law applies to any business that provides goods, facilities or services to members of the public. This includes...

I think it's shocking and horrific how mnay of you believe its OK to say what your saying. Some of you suggesting that all men are a danger to you and your tarring us all with the same brush. It's honestly upsetting and discrimination at its most obvious. Most issues I've had in customer facing...

That would be a breach of data protection and breach of ico regulations for use of cctv images.