Not only was Bal a licensed esthetician with no need for instruction, she argued that the trainings were specific to the shop and low quality.
At the state level, attorneys general like Minnesota's Keith Ellison are assessing how prevalent the practice is and could update guidance. The CFPB, which announced in June it was looking into the agreements, has begun to focus on how they may prevent even skilled employees with years of schooling, like nurses, from finding new, better jobs, according to a CFPB official who was not authorized to speak on the record.
But she soon found that before she could provide services for clients, and earn more, she was required to attend trainings on such things as sugaring to remove unwanted hair and lash and brow maintenance. In comments to the CFPB, National Nurses United said they did a survey that found that the agreements are "increasingly ubiquitous in the health care sector," with new nurses often affected.
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