Employment Practices

Balancing the roles of healthcare provider and employer can be a challenge. Get advice on how to write job descriptions, create applications, place help wanted ads, set meal breaks, establish alternative work schedules, and terminate an employee.

Employment Practices

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The following FAQ generally applies to California’s Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Law. Several California cities have implemented their own local ordinances offering more generous allowances.

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.

View General New Hire Toolkit

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.

View Hiring Associates Toolkit

Short-term employees are considered employees by the State of California and require additional documentation. This toolkit covers hiring, paying and terminating temporary employees.

View Hiring Temporary Employees Toolkit

Employment Practice News

Indoor heat illness prevention regulation in effect in California

California dentists are required to follow Cal/OSHA’s  “Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment” standard that took effect July 24.

August 20, 2024    Laws & Regulations
Creating a Culture of Safety in Dentistry Journal California Dental Association
CDA Journal examines quality improvement and risk management in dentistry

This collection of articles is intended as a “catalyst for dental teams” to take immediate steps toward offering patients the safest dental visit. Articles invite dental teams to examine their current approaches to identify areas needing improvement and to begin employing individual and systemic practices to advance a culture of safety. 

August 15, 2024    Patient Management
Dentists can use CDA’s new Practice Health Check to prepare for future practice transitions

Preparation and planning for future transitions is the focus of CDA’s third-quarter Practice Health Check.

July 30, 2024    Practice Transitions