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The Department of Labor (DOL) is reintroducing the six-factor "economic realities" test to distinguish between employees and independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act, abandoning the 2021 rule which emphasized control and profit opportunity. The underlying law itself did not change, no matter what the “think tank” bloggers are heavily implying.
I personally couldn’t care less about the soap-opera dramas of the rich and famous, but I think the first rule of international expansion should be to avoid doing business with people who look like the dictionary definition of Instascammers.
Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky signed a bill into state law this month that creates new regulations for nail salons. Under Senate Bill 14, the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology must add a licensed nail technician to their committee, nail technician exams must be available in multiple languages, and nail salon owners must be given the opportunity to resolve issues and correct violations before they are punished with a revoked license.
GA: Inmates Graduate Salon 360 Program in Fulton County Jail
Twenty women graduated from the Full Circle Salon 360 Program at the Fulton County Jail outside Atlanta, Georgia. The Full Circle program offers incarcerated women training in cosmetology and barbering. (A similar program is tremendously successful in Florida, so this is awesome to see.)
CONNECTICUT REPRESENT! Two sharp-eyed, quick-thinking, fast-acting barbers in Hartford saved a life when they spotted a small child wandering out into a busy intersection and pulled them to safety. This is exactly the kind of story we need right now.
I wanted to read this article, but not badly enough to invest in a Financial Times subscription. If you have access, this article about how our industry is responding to inflation might be worth checking out. If you don't have access, you could do the math. If a cut, highlights, and a blowout cost $300 in the year 2004 (which is what I charged as a color specialist back then), those services should cost over $500 in 2024. That’s how inflation impacts prices. Services haven’t necessarily become more expensive; our dollars have less buying power, requiring us to charge a higher amount of dollars.
