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Labor/Employment

May 28, 2014

Cosmetology lawsuits test business model for beautician training

The cases pit two different views of cosmetology training programs against each other - school, or scam? And it does so with little case law to help determine what the outcome will be.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Jessica Morales signed up for a cosmetology training program but ended up working at the school's for-profit salon in Los Angeles for no pay. Those are the claims in her proposed class action against the business entities involved in the school, and Morales and her classmates are not alone.


Her lawsuit is one of at least 17 across the country - five of which are in California - alleging that the...

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