In a salon are you legaly titled to your client books or is it the owners to keep after you get let go?

Question

i have been working for a medium sized salon for 4 years and was let go mon. because we had 22 stylist and 8 chairs so they made a lot of cuts. now that i am gone am i entitled to have my client list or is that all of their information now. i have heard that since they are my clients i should get them but i am not sure i wanted to ask before i made the phone calls with them and screwed myself over. thanks

Answer 1

The real question is whether or not you had to "rent" a chair when you worked at the salon. Most hair stylists I know are actually considered independent contractors, not employees of the salon. They then pay a relatively small fee for the right to use the salon's space. If you have an arrangement similar to this one, you were essentially your own business while at the salon, and those clients belong to you.

If however, you were actually employed by the salon, then client lists are the property of the salon. That being said, when you go to work at a new salon, you could easily advertise your services and target those people whom you previously serviced. As I'm sure you know, most women ultimately trust "their" stylist more than any other. They will be more likely to follow you to your new job than to stay at the old one unless there is some significant difference in the quality of the two salons (Like if maybe one is a full service, ritzy spa and the new one is a Best Cuts.) Your previous salon would have to be willing to file a lawsuit asking for a Temporary Restraining Order against you contacting their clients. It is unlikely they would be willing to do this, and if they were, it is unlikely they would win. More likely than not, they knew they would lose some clients when they fired you.

Again, if you rented space and were an independent contractor, you have NOTHING to worry about by contacting your book. It's slightly trickier if you were an employee, but nothing you can't get around.

Best of luck to you in your job hunt/new job!

Answer 2

This depends on whether it was a walk-in or appointment salon.
If these were shop clients, as in the walk-in/ chain salons, then they are the shop's, and those customer records are salon property.
If these were your clients that you brought in, and you have your own book, the salon can not order you to turn that in.
Unfortunately, if you are already terminated from there, you're just not likely to get that info, and the salon will tell them you just left and no one knows where you went.
That sort of thing goes on a lot in this business, because no-one is likely to go to court over these things. And of course we have no back-up for any sort of fair practice; that's how the Regis Corp. survives.
As a fellow stylist, I don't get this concept of 'stealing' clients; if you've not kidnapped them, then they chose where to go.
Contact as many of your regulars as you can. Your former employer will hear of this; you know everybody talks about everybody in this business. There's very little that they can do about it legally or otherwise.
You should also know that if your new prices are higher, you will probably lose a few customers, and some won't follow if the distance is greater.
In the future, keep track of your regular's contact info on your own.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

All the books and client details you have collected while working under the previous salon are information which the salon owns it and you cannot take that as if though it was yours. These are the legal words.

However, for business growth, you can call the clients and offer them services as most of the companies do that, like telemarketing of your services. You can make an offer to the clients and they may/may not accept it. But you should make sure that the clients do not go back to the old salon.

One more thing is, do not keep any trace of the information taken from your previous salon.

Answer 4

It really depends. Did you sign any contracts saying if let go you can't work within a certain milage around the salon? It is also up

to the owners to decide what they want to do if they own the appointment book. If you brought the book in then it's yours. Do you have client cards that have their info on them? I always keep a seprate book for cases like this. Do you still know someone that works there that would be willing to help? It's risky but maybe they'd be willing to help. You could also put an ad in you local paper letting people know what salon your working at now. Good luck! I know how much it sucks to start over again in this business!

Answer 5

If you were servicing clients for the business you were working for then anything having to do with said business, including your client books belong to the business.

It would be a different story if you had accumulated these clients on your own for independent purposes. The problem here is that no matter how you came across the clients, you were using the business's resources to service them.

Now, nothing is preventing you from attempting to locate or contact your old clients and taking them with you to your new work place. You just can't use the list that now belongs to your ex-employer.

Good luck getting a new job by the way. I know it can be rough out there.

Answer 6

It all depends on the arrangement you had with the salon itself. Some salons simply rent out the chair (space) to their stylists, who are basically self-employed. In this case, your clientele is yours!

But if you are actually working for the salon itself, without having to rent out that space, then the clients most likely will be viewed as belonging to the salon.

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