Halifax-based Cribcut, which helps companies provide hair and nail services to employees as perks, is responding to the Covid-19 outbreak by offering interim financial support to its stylists.
Last week, CEO David Howe posted on LinkedIn that the company has decided to suspend 400 office visits and cancel about 3,500 appointments because of the pandemic.
The company then announced on Monday that it would help out its service providers, more than 85 percent of whom are contracted part-time and earn an hourly wage. With all of these cancellations, they will lose their wages and tips,