How can you avoid these legal pitfalls and protect your profits?
Editor's note: This is the final installment of a series on human resources best practices by CEDR HR solutions.
As a dentist, you no doubt have malpractice insurance in place to help protect you against patient claims. But the scary truth of the matter is you’re more vulnerable as an employer than you are as a dentist.
And the legal danger zones we’ve described here are only a drop in the bucket.
We live in an increasingly litigious society, where an employee can Google a law as easily as you or I can—but you’re the one who has to understand it and apply it perfectly.
When it comes to the risk posed by employees, you are relying on the strength and legal enforceability of the policies in your employee handbook to protect you, supported only by your own actions as an employer, the expertise of your HR resources, and the continuous availability of your HR resources. To most dentists, this is bad news. But you can turn it to your advantage instead. Each one of the policy-related dangers we discussed is also a defense you can put in place ahead of time.
For one thing, an expert-written employee handbook can slash your lawsuit risk by as much as 45% right off the bat. With the addition of expert HR guidance and a few solid resources, your risks sink much lower than that.
I hope you’ve learned enough to make the danger zones specifically mentioned in this e-book a bit less treacherous, but there’s so much more to know. Here’s where to go for additional resources: http://www.cedrsolutions.com/DEbook.
If you need help getting the most out of your policies, minimizing risks before they cost you, and putting stronger protections in place, contact me or my team today. You can call us at (866) 414-6056 or e-mail [email protected]. We can help.
Talk to you soon.
Paul Edwards
CEO and Co-founder, CEDR HR Solutions
(866) 414-6056
