Feeling overwhelmed by salon contracts? Don't risk your business! Join us as lawyer Kelli Jones breaks down everything salon owners & hairstylists NEED to know about crafting ironclad contracts. Learn key terms, avoid hidden pitfalls, and discover strategies to maximize profits & protect your business. Listen now & gain the legal edge for your beauty business!

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Key Take-aways:

2. You can put anything in a contract, but it doesn’t mean it can be enforced in your state.

3. Don’t charge for things that are unreasonable, for instance the full service price.

4. Make sure your policy is clear, written and easily found on your website.

5. If a client is booking online and checks a box to agree to the policy, it’s in written form and easier to enforce the charge.

6. If you don’t have clarity on how charges work, when and what the stipulation is, it will be harder to legally hold the charge against the client.

7. Usually what can legally be held against you as a service provider is what you don’t include, not what you do include.

8. Be careful when asking to hold credit card information, you need to get authorization to charge their card.

9. As far as holding a non-compete for an employee, it is meant to protect both parties. It’s a red flag if a salon has you sign a non-compete if you are a 1099.

10. A non-compete shouldn’t prohibit an employee from being able to work if they left.

11. As an employee, consider negotiating the terms of the contract before finalizing.

12. As a freelancer when signing a contract with a brand, if asked for a non-compete for a longer duration, negotiate either a higher rate or for a shorter timeframe. Keep in mind, the brand’s contract doesn’t typically work favorably for the artist.

13. Look for words like perpetuity because the intellectual property can belong to the brand if you don’t negotiate it down.

14. Make sure you license it to them rather than them taking ownership of it.

15. Once you publish something online, you hold the copy-write to it. You need to give permission to someone else using your content, it could be copy write infringement.

16. It’s easier to escalate as necessary rather than deescalate a situation.

17. Try reaching out to the brand directly first before reporting, this is where you can negotiate a paid relationship with them.

18. If you feel nervous about signing a contract, think of it as a way to protect both parties and to prevent miscommunication.

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