As an immigrano I was grateful for my job in nails. Doesn’t mean that people get to abuse others and not pay them and threaten them with calling INS. I’m glad that people are thinking about their manicures, some people have kindly inquired If we do get paid and if we feel okay. So I am glad the topic is out there.

I don’t think you are taking taxes (1099) into your equation, and that some techs are required to pay for supplies.

My Vietnamese boss locked the doors on a Latina girl until she cleaned all the chairs and didn’t let her leave. They also only paid her 20% comisión because they thought she was illegal. (She was an American citizen) so no, I think all ethnicities are capable of wrongdoing.

Your family claims yoir workers as independent contractors while they are truly employees, thus putting the tax burden on them. So they have to save to pay taxes, so they make even less. Not to mention that those long hours that the employees spend cleaning up and opening and doing extra stuff are not paid at all. At…

I absolutely agree with you. I’ve heard so much racism, from all races. A former Asian boss would pay Latinas 40% but Blacs and whites 60% and Asians 70%. Their rationale was that Blacks would fight and Latinos would just accept whatever. I think all races/enthnicities participate in this since this is such a…

As a nail tech I thought the article was very accurate. I’ve had great bosses and worked with good owners but I’ve also witnessed people being treated as slaves or denied pay because of a customer complaint. Also other abuses like making the workers work without any pay, and the most pervasive one where workers are…

I’ve worked for nail salons as a tech. That’s how I paid for school besides scholarships. Some statistic inaccuracies do not invalidate what this article points at. I saw and was victim of abuse (until I wised up) and constantly saw bosses deny lunch breaks and hold wages. A former boss sold licenses (there is also a…