Lessons Of A Lashpreneur

On today’s episode, I spoke with Momentum Mastermind Member Tiffany Federico, of Bright Eyes Beauty Bar. Prior to the pandemic, Tiffany got pregnant, and found herself in need of hiring an employee to cover for her FAST.  She quickly realized that it wouldn’t be as simple as she thought-there are a lot of legalities and responsibilities that come with building out a team. Now I’m not unrealistic - I know that it is COMMON in our industry to hire women as 1099 Independent Contractors - throw 50% commission at them and think you’re creating a win-win situation for both you, the team member and the business… and that is how A LOT of salon owners choose to build out their teams without actually looking at whether or not that pay structure is LEGAL or PROFITABLE. But OOF - did you know that 99.999999% of the time - the way the salon/contractor relationship is handled in our industry is 100% ILLEGAL and violates FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT LAWS (at least here in the US) - and just cause you don’t know the laws - doesn’t mea