Go Back   tanTALK - Tanning Salon Business Owners Community > TanTalk Central > General Tanning Industry Discussions

General Tanning Industry Discussions Tanning Salon Owners and Professionals in The Tanning Industry Discuss a wide Variety of Topics.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 09-02-2005, 01:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
Join Date: May 26 2004
Location: New York
Posts: 47
Rep Power: 0 bgviper76 is on a distinguished road
Hey everyone,

I have a potentially serious situation on my hands. A seemingly ideal employee of the last 9 months has been accused by one of my customers of looking over my walls at her applying lotion. She has beena good customer of mine for the past year, and I met her father and had a good interaction with him when he bought her a package one day. Supposedly my employee showed her to her room, and then somehow looked over the wall. The only way this would've been possible is for him to climb up on a bed in the next room. My manager on duty at the time is female, and knew nothing of this until the police came to question the male employee. He denies it. The manager said when the girl left she was in good spirits, and said nothing of the incident. I contacted the father at his request, and assured him the employee will no longer be working here, even though I can't prove he did or did not do it, and further assured him there will only be females working in my salon from now and, and offered his daughter free tanning for life as an apology for something I can't verify even happened.

The police are not going to pursue the issue, but the father has mentioned the words lawsuit, and is in the insurance industry. I can't do anything more for him other than what I have already done. What does everyone think? My lawyer says we just wait and see, but my business could potentially be smeared by these accusations, and I have no control over it.
bgviper76 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 01:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
Waiting Confirmation
 
Join Date: May 19 2005
Posts: 152
Rep Power: 0 Tonka Splash is on a distinguished road
It sounds like you've put the fire out to the best of your ability. Especially considering it can't be proven. Unfortunately you will just have to wait and see, hopefully you firing that employee and offering free tanning for life will be more than sufice. Best of luck with this sticky situation. I think you have done the right thing.
Tonka Splash is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 01:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
I love Derf!!
 
angelcat04's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 26 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,065
Rep Power: 21 angelcat04 is a splendid one to behold angelcat04 is a splendid one to behold angelcat04 is a splendid one to behold angelcat04 is a splendid one to behold angelcat04 is a splendid one to behold angelcat04 is a splendid one to behold angelcat04 is a splendid one to behold
Somehow just doesn't seem right to fire the employee without knowing for sure. But then again, I don't know what I would do.
angelcat04 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 01:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
Waiting Confirmation
 
Join Date: May 19 2005
Posts: 152
Rep Power: 0 Tonka Splash is on a distinguished road
It doesn't seem right, and it's not, but it keeps the business out of boiling water. Maybe give the employee free tanning too!
Tonka Splash is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 01:51 PM   #5 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Mar 7 2005
Posts: 409
Rep Power: 20 Athens Rose is on a distinguished road
Sounds to me like you may have issues later down the road even if you miss trouble through this one. You could run into sexual discrimination issues if another man applies to work for you. And I don't know about firing this one either (don't know about laws in your state), but be careful not to say anything that he could use for grounds in a wrongful termination suit that could also turn to sexual discrimination.

I would talk to a lawyer just to be on the safe side.
Athens Rose is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 02:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
Waiting Confirmation
 
Join Date: Jun 10 2005
Posts: 233
Rep Power: 0 tanthisbak is on a distinguished road
Did you try the alleged action to see if it is physically possible to see anything and if you did take pics of the layout. Also how much weight can the bed withstand and where could he possibly stand on it. How tall are the walls? Are there plants hanging up?
tanthisbak is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 02:42 PM   #7 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Jul 16 2005
Posts: 283
Rep Power: 19 Tommy will become famous soon enough
Quote:
On 2005-09-02 13:18:00, angelcat04 wrote:
Somehow just doesn't seem right to fire the employee without knowing for sure.

That’s because it’s not! angelcat you are an angel.

Quote:
On 2005-09-02 13:51:00, Athens Rose wrote:
You could run into sexual discrimination issues if another man applies to work for you.
Agreed, that is illegal, not to mention just plain wrong. A Rose for Athens Rose.

Quote:
On 2005-09-02 13:18:00, angelcat04 wrote:
I don't know what I would do.

Get security cams for your public spaces, they cost about $2000.00 and are cheap insurance, reviewing the security cams can help solve all kinds of problems, thief, rules infractions, and all sorts misconduct by either customers or employees. In this case, you don’t even know if the misconduct was by the customer or employee, and NOT for your sake, but for the employee’s sake, I hope you “guessed” right.

Tom
Tommy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 02:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
I love Derf!!
 
Join Date: Jul 12 2004
Location: Va
Posts: 3,228
Rep Power: 28 dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute dcjjp2 has a reputation beyond repute
That can be an ugly wrongful termination and gender harassment issue you may encounter in the long run.
dcjjp2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 03:46 PM   #9 (permalink)
 
Join Date: May 6 2005
Posts: 17
Rep Power: 0 paula is on a distinguished road
You said that your Manger said she left in good spirits.. could it be possibe that this girl liked your male employee and maybe she asked him out and he turned her down??? Just a thought... you never know in this crazy world.
paula is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2005, 04:04 PM   #10 (permalink)
 
Join Date: May 6 2005
Posts: 17
Rep Power: 0 paula is on a distinguished road
sorry just to explain why I thought that way is

A} you said he was an Ideal Employee
B} she left in good spirits.

If I thought I saw someone looking over the wall at me I would be out of that room so fast yelling and screaming.

Good luck I hope everything works out okay.
paula is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Confidentially Agreement tropicalescape Tanning Salon Management 11 11-05-2006 01:20 PM
sexual harrassment! amabaycha General Tanning Industry Discussions 14 06-29-2004 11:23 AM
Computer tech gets fired???? BooBop Say What ????? 4 02-22-2003 01:39 AM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:32 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.1.0
Copyright 2009 - tanTALK.com

click here for advertising info!