Articles on employment matters for healthcare practices. Topics cover employment and contractor agreements, hiring and termination, employee handbooks, worker classification, non-discrimination policies, and physician contract review, written for practice owners managing staff and independent contractors.
If you suspect a coworker or employee is under the influence at work, what are your options? For healthcare professionals, addressing these situations requires balancing ethical obligations, legal responsibilities, and patient safety. Here’s how to proceed.
Misclassifying your workers could put your private practice at financial risk. Learn how to protect yourself from costly penalties.
A court decision has raised important questions about the legality of non-disparagement and non-disclosure clauses in employee separation agreements. Are your agreements still compliant with the latest federal labor laws?
If you own and operate a private healthcare practice, the acronym “FMLA” is probably familiar to you. What is it, and how might it affect how you manage your practice?
Navigate the essentials of healthcare compensation. From traditional salary arrangements to innovative value-based approaches, we touch upon the key models and legal implications.
After a stringent hiring process, you’ve found the perfect new employee for your healthcare practice. Is it worth the extra trouble to ask them to sign an employment contract?
An employee could sue you for unequal pay. We share some best practices for implementing and promoting pay parity.
State agencies audit practices and businesses to ensure that they have properly classified their workers. In this video, Erin Jackson, Firmwide Managing Partner of Jackson LLP Healthcare Lawyers, discusses the importance of getting it right.
Every step of the hiring process, from job postings to offers, comes with legal risks and constraints. Understand the issues before you step out of bounds.
When a worker commits an act of negligence, can the patient or client hold the practice responsible?
