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| Originally Posted by Alan @ TanToday Its free. Its a guide that works for that salon. |
Free is wonderful. But, in fairness, I don't think you can say that the guide works for that salon in that it establishes a policy that violates federal law. I'm not saying that this stuff is easy or intuitive -- I worked for many years
for a law firm that had the same illegal policy.
It would be one thing if this policy were vetted by a local lawyer and was good to go with respect to that jurisdiction. But, that hasn't been represented and I don't think that is the case. I just get real worried when I see so many people asking to copy this manual and wanted to provide a real example to those people of why such copying can be very, very dangerous -- not a theoretical worry, but something that is undisputably, undeniably illegal in every state.
In other words, I didn't think it was enough to tell people to be careful without some specific example of why they should exercise caution with respect to this particular manual. I think there is all kinds of good stuff in there, but it should be used as a starting point with each owner's own qualified employment lawyer.
Don't cheap out and avoid legal advice on something so critical to your business as employment relations.