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Massage Therapist charged for product used during service? Legal? Tennessee (Employment & Labor Law)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:44:00 GMT

Hi, I live in TN and my workplace has decided to start charging a flat 10% of my gross income fee for massage oil product I use during my massages. Is this legal? If it is legal to charge for the oil used during the massage shouldn't they charge actual cost to them and not 10% flat fee?

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  • Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:32:00 GMT(1)
  • Under Federal law if she is an employee, it can't be a flat 10%, unless it is the actual cost or less. e.g. The employer buys oil at $3/bottle and you use two bottles, you can only be charge up to $6.
  • Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:45:00 GMT(2)
  • I am a legal employee with taxes and w2. I don't get paid by the hour, only a percentage of every massage so i've never got overtime before. I would probably never go under minimum wage due to the charge but I just didn't think it would be legal to charge me more than they are getting the product for.
    Also do you have a link to that part of the federal law? And who would i contact to get this looked into?
  • Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:28:00 GMT(3)
  • Are you legally an employee (taxes withheld from check, W-2 at year end)?

    If you are legally an employee, do you still get paid (at least) minimum wage and paid overtime against minimum wage after this 10% reduction in gross wages?
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