Zooks
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
This is a post for both employers and for those of you employed, I would very much like feedback from both sides. It might be a long one!
I am just about to take someone on, I have never employed someone before nor have I been employed so I am having a few issues getting my head around some basics. I want this therapist to be with me for the long haul, I want to treat her fairly.
The therapist I am taking on will be considered full time. I would like to know, if you are an employer, do you pay your employees from 15 minutes before your first clients arrive in the morning and 15 minutes after closing time? I would have thought this good practice so as to have everything set up ready for said clients and so that the client is not rushed out at the end when your employee feels she is due to go home?
Do you pay for a lunch break? How long do your employees get? Again I feel that I want them to have a decent break but also want them to set up for their client after lunch and certainly don't want the employee to fret about working in to their lunch hour if they aren't getting paid. I myself take an hours lunch but this is generally because I work along and need this time to respond to emails and any other messages as well as set up for the next client.
Employees: Do you feel half and hour is a long enough break? Are you expected to set up fro your next client in this time? Are you more inclined to work faster on a client if it leads in to your lunch break and you feel it might take you over you allocated clients time in to your break?
How long do you have a new employee on probation for?
I have been advised be my solicitor that the majority of salons do not pay for a lunch break and that most allow 30 minutes, also that most salons pay for 15 minutes before a client but not at the end of the day. That a probation period is anything from 3 months to 9 and that most people opt for 9 months as an employer.
Any feedback would be really helpful, as I said this is incredibly new to me.
Many Thanks Geeks!
Zooks
This is a post for both employers and for those of you employed, I would very much like feedback from both sides. It might be a long one!
I am just about to take someone on, I have never employed someone before nor have I been employed so I am having a few issues getting my head around some basics. I want this therapist to be with me for the long haul, I want to treat her fairly.
The therapist I am taking on will be considered full time. I would like to know, if you are an employer, do you pay your employees from 15 minutes before your first clients arrive in the morning and 15 minutes after closing time? I would have thought this good practice so as to have everything set up ready for said clients and so that the client is not rushed out at the end when your employee feels she is due to go home?
Do you pay for a lunch break? How long do your employees get? Again I feel that I want them to have a decent break but also want them to set up for their client after lunch and certainly don't want the employee to fret about working in to their lunch hour if they aren't getting paid. I myself take an hours lunch but this is generally because I work along and need this time to respond to emails and any other messages as well as set up for the next client.
Employees: Do you feel half and hour is a long enough break? Are you expected to set up fro your next client in this time? Are you more inclined to work faster on a client if it leads in to your lunch break and you feel it might take you over you allocated clients time in to your break?
How long do you have a new employee on probation for?
I have been advised be my solicitor that the majority of salons do not pay for a lunch break and that most allow 30 minutes, also that most salons pay for 15 minutes before a client but not at the end of the day. That a probation period is anything from 3 months to 9 and that most people opt for 9 months as an employer.
Any feedback would be really helpful, as I said this is incredibly new to me.
Many Thanks Geeks!
Zooks