Legal Question in Business Law in Virginia

I own a salon where most of the stylists are booth rental. We are doing alot of fundraising events for local charities and I want to close our salon to regular clients so that the stylists can focus on the people donating for these events. My problem is that 2 of the stylists here are refusing to take themselves off the books for these days and are continuting to schedule appointments although I have made it clear that the salon WILL be closed to regular clients on these days. And the days we are having these events are at a minimum of 3 months away, so there is ample time to adjust their schedules. But they continue to disregard everything I am saying. So I guess my question is, by law what is the amount of time I am required to give notice of having to close the salon for whatever reason, and what can I do about these stylists? Thanks so much for your help!


Asked on 3/29/10, 9:16 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

There is probably no law governing this situation other than whatever booth rental contract(s) (whether oral or written)that you may have with these individual stylists who presumably are not your employees but rather independent contractors.

So, the answer(s) to your questions must necessarily lie within these contracts or agreements which govern the operations/conduct of these stylists within

your salon and spell out their respective rights and obligations between you as the owner and them. (And, if for whatever reason these contracts do not address these issues, then they probably need to be amended so that they do.)

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Answered on 4/03/10, 9:51 am


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