All employers are required to provide a set amount of paid sick leave (PSL) to employees who work California. The law establishes minimum requirements, but employers have options with how they provide and manage the time.
Assists with drafting specific break policies for your practice that are compliant with California laws.
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.
Leave Management
Guides, templates, and checklists to help California employers navigate, document, and comply with complex state and federal leave laws.
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Employee Manual Resources
Create a personalized employee manual using an online tool or a sample employee manual.
This toolkit covers recruiting, interviewing, hiring and onboarding, and provides a general list of basic hiring documents. If you are hiring a temporary employee or associate dentist, you will also need our additional hiring toolkits.
Associates may be classified as either an independent contractor or an employee. This toolkit includes information to help you determine how to hire an associate.
Short-term employees are considered employees by the State of California and require additional documentation. This toolkit covers hiring, paying and terminating temporary employees.
Employment Practice News
Six ways smart office management can strengthen the whole dental practice
When the office manager and doctor lead as aligned partners, the team stays motivated and the practice grows with purpose.
How to fill the patient schedule in the dental practice
CDA analysts provide guidance for dentists who would like to have more patients on their schedules.
Coming in 2026: minimum wage bump, high penalties for unsatisfied wage judgments
Dentists in California will have to comply with new and amended employment laws and a new privacy protection law in 2026. CDA's analysts summarize the laws and offer resources to assist compliance.