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Fully qualified hairdresser, salon owner and vocational tutor in the UK, looking for work in Spain/Alicante region. Aim is to try the Spanish life with the aim to relocate if things work out. Any advice would be most appreciated.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:23pm
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Curiously, the English hairdresser whom I use here, who owns her own salon and is a perfectly legal and registered business having been here for 20 years was speaking to me about the difficulties of employing people here.
She employs one fully qualified hairdresser, legally, for two or three days a week and the costs she as the employer has to pay are enormous.
Many places apparently don’t actually ‘employ’ staff as such, the staff ‘rent’ a chair, much as they do in England, and have to be registered as ‘autonomo’ or self-employed. This immediately means that they are responsible for their own tax and social insurance instead of the salon owners having to pay this.
The chances of you managing to get a fully legal ‘contract’ are not good at the best of times and there are also many, many perfectly competent Spanish hairdressers around. The current situation has affected my hairdresser’s business tremendously, given the complete lockdown situation there was and effectively three months with no income, although she is entitled to the Spanish govt grant. Due to the distancing requirements she now cannot have as many clients in the salon, so is struggling.
You may be better to consider becoming ‘autonomo’ and setting up on your own.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:28pm
Stephanie86 wrote on Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:23pm:
Curiously, the English hairdresser whom I use here, who owns her own salon and is a perfectly legal and registered business having been here for 20 years was speaking to me about the difficulties of employing people here.
She employs one fully qualified hairdresser, legally, for two or three days a week and the costs she as the employer has to pay are enormous....
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Many places apparently don’t actually ‘employ’ staff as such, the staff ‘rent’ a chair, much as they do in England, and have to be registered as ‘autonomo’ or self-employed. This immediately means that they are responsible for their own tax and social insurance instead of the salon owners having to pay this.
The chances of you managing to get a fully legal ‘contract’ are not good at the best of times and there are also many, many perfectly competent Spanish hairdressers around. The current situation has affected my hairdresser’s business tremendously, given the complete lockdown situation there was and effectively three months with no income, although she is entitled to the Spanish govt grant. Due to the distancing requirements she now cannot have as many clients in the salon, so is struggling.
You may be better to consider becoming ‘autonomo’ and setting up on your own.
Thanks for the information. Stay safe / well.
