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ree123

Hi. 
Can someone help answer a question. My friend, was unlawfully dismissed from her job. It's going through a solicitor at the moment. She was a hairdresser in a care home. The problem is, several residents have contacted her to ask her to come in and do their hair privately, but we assume that can be blocked by the manager? I don't know. Can a care home stop a person coming in, even though, technically, its that's person's home? It's very complicated. Thanks 

Uriziel

Does her contract state anything about this?

Brie

Maybe it's something that could be resolved with the legal settlement?  But frankly does she really want to be back dealing with a manager who dismissed her?

elsien

Presuming she’d be expecting to use the care home facilities and salon then absolutely they can say no. 

And care homes can decide who they do and don’t want on the premises. With some caveats around people’s rights when it’s family they are trying to block, for example. 

Seriously, other than trying to prove a point with the care home,  why would she want to even go there? it wouldn’t be a barrel of laughs  for the residents either watching her trying to argue about whether she’s allowed in and whether she can use their sinks or not. 

She says she has been unfairly dismissed. The care home may well have another view and believe they are acting  to protect the people who live there. 

ree123

Thank you. She wouldn't be using their facilities in regards of the salon. She was employed at the time, she was very much liked as the hairdresser , was there for 3 years and the residents really like her,  they have personally contacted her,  the manager in question that has created this situation was only there for 3 weeks before this situation occurred.  There's obviously more to this, but I won't go into detail as not relevant really. She just wants to know if she is legally allowed to enter or can the manager put a block on it, considering the people asking for her to come in, its their home?? I don't  know. She wouldn't be dealing with the manager directly, it'll be on a private basis with the residents in question. Thanks again 

El_Torro

If she is there on business (i.e. cutting people's hair in exchange for money) then I don't see why the managers of the care home shouldn't refuse her entry. If she was just there visiting a relative of hers then that would blur the situation a bit. 

You're probably right in not going into details about the case in a public forum. The details are relevant though. Based on what you've said so far common sense would dictate that she shouldn't go back and antagonise the situation any further. If she did go back it probably wouldn't help her case either.

If you don't like the answers we are giving you then I suggest she asks the solicitor who is working on this case.

FrugaiMacDugal

Was she employed by the care home as hairdresser or paid by residents?

If there is a new hairdresser now, she might not be happy with your friend poaching clients.

vic_sf49

If she won't be using the salon facilities, is it even possible to do hair for her customers?

I mean a blow dry and a brush would be possible, but would rely on residents washing their hair on time (if wet hair was needed). 

And where would they cut hair, and do any subsequent cleaning up afterwards?

I'd say she'd be better approaching another care home. 

p00hsticks

vic_sf49 said:

If she won't be using the salon facilities, is it even possible to do hair for her customers?

I mean a blow dry and a brush would be possible, but would rely on residents washing their hair on time (if wet hair was needed). 

And where would they cut hair, and do any subsequent cleaning up afterwards?

I'd say she'd be better approaching another care home. 

In my experience the rooms for residents in care homes have their own toilet and (separate) washbasin, so it may well be possible for the hairdresser to wash and cut hair in the residents own room - my housebound mother has a hairdresser visit her and her hair is washed in the kitchen sink and then she moves to the larger living room for the cut and blowdry. The hairdresser puts down a mat to catch most of the cuttings and tidies up with a small hand-vac afterwards.  

I'd agree though that if there is already a hairdresser onsite and employed by the care home they probably won't look kindly on another one coming in