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Pricing for Corporate massage?

Hello All,

I need some advice from those that are or have practiced corporate chair massage. I will soon be launching my own workplace massage business. I plan to charge $70/hour for anywhere from 3 to 6 hours, and I want the company, not the employees, to pay for it. However, I know that for some companies this would be out of the question and would only sign up if there were an option for employees to foot the bill. My question is-- how to I charge people individually without losing money? If the company pays for it, I would earn $210/week for 3 hours of work no matter if I worked on 2 people or 12. If the employees pay for it, how could I charge them individually and still make my $210? I know that fewer people would come in for a chair massage if they knew they have to have cash on hand, and I don't want to spend the transportation costs to go all the way out to the job site only to find that 3 people want a massage that day. Any advice for an Employee Pay option?

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Cohen on July 13, 2010 at 7:02am

I am not familiar with the labor laws and workers' compensation insurance in Mass. Since you are working on employees during the work in the workplace, it is usually under the employer's responsibilty. Since my program has consistantly reduced soft tissue claims to the employer, the cost is easily demonstrated to be offset in workers' comp. As it is a labor issue, I always recommend the billing be between me and the company. The company then decides what copay if any to deduct from employee checks. In California the company can not transfer responsibility to an employee simply because the employee paid. there are many issues that are labor law related. I don't understand how any business can just let a Therapist work on site paid by employees or why any Therapist would want all the legal conflicts that could arise without making proper arrangements. I have an HR background, which has helped from the corporate side.

My advise is to have a schedule arranged with HR and not leave it to individuals.

Best Wishes

Good luck! We need more people helping working America.

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Permalink Reply by Milan A. Veal on July 13, 2010 at 4:02pm

Extremely, extremely helpful information! I may come to you again for advice some time... :-)

Daniel Cohen said:

I am not familiar with the labor laws and workers' compensation insurance in Mass. Since you are working on employees during the work in the workplace, it is usually under the employer's responsibilty. Since my program has consistantly reduced soft tissue claims to the employer, the cost is easily demonstrated to be offset in workers' comp. As it is a labor issue, I always recommend the billing be between me and the company. The company then decides what copay if any to deduct from employee checks. In California the company can not transfer responsibility to an employee simply because the employee paid. there are many issues that are labor law related. I don't understand how any business can just let a Therapist work on site paid by employees or why any Therapist would want all the legal conflicts that could arise without making proper arrangements. I have an HR background, which has helped from the corporate side.

My advise is to have a schedule arranged with HR and not leave it to individuals.

Best Wishes

Good luck! We need more people helping working America.