Salon owner fined for letting employee wear ‘inappropriate’ blouse
KOTA BARU: A hair salon owner is fuming after she was issued a summons for allowing an employee to wear a three-quarter-sleeved blouse while on duty at her salon on March 6.
The owner, who declined to be named, said she was upset because her employee was washing a client’s hair when the Kota Baru Municipal Council enforc-ement officer raided her salon.
“I would not mind paying the fine if my employee was not wearing a headscarf, which is a violation of the business permit conditions, but it is ridiculous to issue a summons for wearing a three-quarter-sleeved shirt.
“She was washing my client’s hair and it would be messy if she was wearing a long-sleeved shirt,” she said.
The salon owner was issued a summons under the municipal Trade and Industry 1989 By-law.
She also accused the council of double standards as other establishments had workers who did not wear headscarves.
“Why only target my salon when the others clearly flout the law and should be issued with summonses?” she asked.
MCA central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said the council’s action was “unconventional” and “unbecoming”.
“This is sending the wrong signal to the world about Malaysia,” he said, blaming the PAS-led Kelantan government for the actions of the council.
“Most people prefer to take the ‘easy way out’ for fear of repercussions from local authorities.
“This is not the first time that such a summon had been issued,” he said, adding that many often paid up because they did not want trouble with the local authorities.
Ti said this could also give the wrong impression that people were condoning such laws.
The Kelantan Government had recently come under heavy criticism after banning the sale of lottery tickets.
Welcome to Malaysia – Yet another nonsensical ’show’ on petty issues. When I first saw the title, I thought the employee was wearing some see-through blouse or something similar like that but getting fined over something like this?
Malaysia boleh!
