Non-competition agreements. Some salons make you sign them before you’re even allowed to hold a pair of shears in their salon or are given a chair. But should you sign on the dotted line?

Generally, non-competes are put in place to protect the salon from losing their business when a stylist chooses to leave, and on one side, salon owners feel they’ve worked hard to attract and retain clients, so they should be allowed to protect their business. On the other, if a stylist becomes unhappy with their place of work, shouldn’t they be allowed to move…