EXHIBIT 10.2(a)



                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


                  This Amendment to Employment  Agreement (the  "Amendment")  is
made as of the 25th day of March, 1997 by and between STEINER LEISURE LIMITED, a
Bahamas international  business company (the "Company"),  and Leonard I. Fluxman
("Employee").


                                   WITNESSETH:


                  WHEREAS,  the Company and Employee  entered into an Employment
Agreement dated October 23, 1996 (the "Employment Agreement"); and

                  WHEREAS,   the  Company  and  Employee  desire  to  amend  the
Employment Agreement as provided below.

                  NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                  1.       COMPENSATION.

                           Section 3(a)(i), in its entirety, and the first 
sentence of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement are hereby amended so
that, as amended, they shall read as follows:


                           (a) SALARY,  ETC.  Commencing  as of January 1, 1997,
                  except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company (or
                  any Affiliate  thereof) shall pay to Employee  during the term
                  hereof  compensation as described in this Section 3(a), all of
                  which shall be subject to such  deductions  as may be required
                  by applicable law or regulation.

                                    (i) BASE  SALARY.  A base salary at the rate
                  of (A) One Hundred  Eighty-Three  Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty
                  Dollars [(U.S.)  $183,750.00]  for calendar year ("Year") 1997
                  and (B) no less than One Hundred  Eighty-Three  Thousand Seven
                  Hundred  Fifty  Dollars  [(U.S.)  $183,750.00]  for each  Year
                  thereafter  during  the  term of this  Agreement,  subject  to
                  review by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
                  of the Company,  payable in bi-weekly  installments (the "Base
                  Salary").





                                    (iii) INCENTIVE BONUS.  With respect to each
                  Period (as  defined  below) and Year  during the term  hereof,
                  additional  cash  compensation  as  described  in this Section
                  3(a)(iii) (the  "Incentive  Bonus") based on a budget for each
                  Year hereunder,  including budgets for each Period (as defined
                  below) within such Year,  which budget includes an estimate of
                  the Net Earnings  (as defined  below) for each such Period and
                  for such Year and which  budget  shall have been  approved for
                  the  purpose  of the  compensation  payable  hereunder  by the
                  Compensation   Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors   (the
                  "Budget").

                  2.       CHANGE IN CONTROL.

                           The third sentence of Section 5(d) of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended so that, as amended, it shall read as follows:

                           (e)  CHANGE  IN  CONTROL.  ...   Notwithstanding  the
                  foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur as
                  a result of twenty-five  percent (25%) or more of the combined
                  voting  power of the  Company's  then  outstanding  securities
                  being  acquired  by (i) one or  more  employee  benefit  plans
                  maintained by the Company or any entity directly or indirectly
                  Controlled (as defined below) by the Company, (ii) the Company
                  or any entity directly or indirectly Controlled by the Company
                  or (iii)  Clive E.  Warshaw,  the  current  Chairman,  Michele
                  Steiner Warshaw,  the wife of Clive E. Warshaw  (collectively,
                  the   "Warshaws"),   or  any  entity  directly  or  indirectly
                  Controlled  by either  or both of the  Warshaws,  Employee  or
                  members  of  the  Immediate   Family  (as  defined  below)  of
                  Employee.

                  3.       TERMINATION.  Section 5(e) of the Employment 
Agreement is hereby amended to eliminate the words "and Additional Bonus" in the
last sentence thereof.

                  4.       EFFECTIVE DATE.  The effective date of the amendments
to the Employment Agreement contained in this Amendment shall be January 1, 
1997.

                  5.       NO OTHER AMENDMENT.  Except as set forth in this 
Amendment, all provisions of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.

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                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have  executed  this
Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

                                              STEINER LEISURE LIMITED




/s/ Leonard I. Fluxman                        By: /s/ Clive E. Warshaw
___________________________                       __________________________
Leonard I. Fluxman                                Clive E. Warshaw,
                                                  Chairman of the Board and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

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