Employment Practices

Laws & regulations, hiring/firing, office policies & manuals and performance

It can be challenging to balance the roles of healthcare provider and employer, but it doesn’t have to be. Find resources to help hire your dream team and keep your staff productive and happy. Get advice on how to write job descriptions, create applications, set office policies, establish alternative work schedules, and terminate an employee. In addition, all of this is supported by an Employee Manual that can be customized to your practice.

Employee Manual Resources

Create a personalized employee manual using an online tool or a sample employee manual.

Sample Voluntary Resignation Letter

Use this sample letter template to document an employee’s voluntary resignation. Employers must provide immediate written notice and final pay to the employee upon separation of employment.

Self-Certification of Employee Vaccination Status

Use this form to obtain verification and proof of vaccine status for each employee's confidential personnel file.

Small Employer Guide to California Family Rights Act (CFRA)

A comprehensive resource to help employers navigate the complexities of CFRA compliance as of January 1, 2021, including determining employee eligibility, meeting time-sensitive obligations and managing leave.

Stay Interviews: Five Questions to Ask Your Employees to Boost Employee Communication and Retention

Do you want to improve employee retention and prevent surprise resignations? Instead of scratching your head wondering what your employees are thinking or scrambling after the fact to figure out what went wrong, take a proactive approach. Use the following tips and five stay interview questions to get the powerful information you need to help improve your workplace and hold onto your top performers.

Temporary Employees: Required Training Checklist

Temporary staff hired directly by the practice or through an agency may be considered employees of the dental practice. This includes candidates asked to perform working interviews as park of the interview process. Dental practices who employ temporary employees have the responsibility to provide site-specific safety training and patient information privacy and security training.

Use this checklist to track and document required training.

Termination Checklist

Requirements and best practices when separating an employee from employment.

The Team Bonus: To Have or Not to Have

Tips and guidelines for the practice owner who wishes to establish a team bonus.

Training and Non-productive Work Time Rate Sample Policy

Employers who wish to implement a reduced wage for employee training and other non-productive time may use this template to inform and document the new practice policy. 

Vaccine Medical Exemption

Use this form to document an employee's request for accommodation from a mandatory vaccine for a medical exemption.

What to Expect When Your Employee is Expecting

When an employee tells you they are pregnant, you must be prepared. As a California employer, you must be well-versed in the various leave entitlements, documentation obligations, and wage replacement benefits your employees may qualify for.

Working Interviews in a Dental Practice

Use this letter to document the expectations of the day, rate of pay and documentation to bring. This will serve as a single day employment document and can put the employee on notice that they are not yet eligible for benefits.

If utilizing the services of licensed staff, request and verify that the license is current and in good standing. DCA LICENSE SEARCH

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