Salon Employee Rights Allegedly Violated by Drybar, Stylists Claim

A class action investigation has been launched against Dry Bar Holdings LLC for allegedly violating salon employee rights by failing to compensate them for overtime or for off the clock work.

Assistant managers, stylists, and receptionists who work at Drybar report that the chain of blowout-only salons may have impinges on their salon employee rights under California labor law.

Similar allegations have already led to a wage and hour class action lawsuit, which was filed against Dry Bar Holdings LLC for allegedly violating salon employee rights. The claim was filed by a woman from California who wished to represent herself and other employees who had experienced similar violations against salon employee rights.

Plaintiff Katie R. filed this Drybar class action lawsuit, alleging that the company did not compensate her or other Drybar employees for overtime or for off the clock work. According to her claim, Katie and other employees were not compensated for the side work she routinely performed.

The duties employees were allegedly asked to perform without compensation reportedly included cleaning the stores, cleaning the bathrooms, and sweeping the salon floor.

According to the claim,  stylists reported they would routinely miss meal breaks mandated by state employment laws. This they claimed was because Drybar has a practice of purposely overbooking its locations, allegedly making its employees too busy to take a break.

Allegations of Salon Employee Rights Violations

Dry Bar Holdings operates numerous hair salons in the state of California, as well as other regions of the United States. Hair stylists had shift leaders are paid on an hourly basis, while assistant managers are paid on a set salary that is paid every two weeks.

The Drybar class action lawsuit alleges assistant managers were wrongfully classified as exempt employees, but regularly had to perform duties that non-exempt employees were expected to perform. In addition to their regular occupational duties, hair stylists and shift leaders are encouraged to upsell products to employees.

Even though Katie and other employees had performed their occupational duties, they still claim their salon employee rights were violated. According to the claim, Katie had sent two letters describing these labor law violations to the Labor Workforce Development Agency but has yet to be compensated for the missing payments.

At this point in time, Katie has exhausted all administrative remedies and has been forced to resort to legal action. Katie is seeking compensation for all missing overtime wage and off the clock work, along with any missed meal breaks.

According to California labor laws, non-exempt employees should be paid one-and-a-half times their hourly rate if they work over 40 hours a week or eight hours in a single day. California is one of the most progressive states in protecting employee rights, requiring companies to provide a 30 minute meal break every five hours and a 10 minute rest break every four hours.

In addition, companies must take note of any off the clock work and properly compensate employees. The lawsuit accused Dry Bar Holdings of committing a number of labor law violations, for reportedly failing to compensate employees for overtime, missed meal breaks, or off the clock work.

Join a Free Salon Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit Investigation

If you worked for Drybar or another salon in the last four years and you were denied compensation for off-the-clock work, overtime, and/or missed meal and rest breaks, you may qualify to join a free salon employee class action lawsuit investigation.

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