Thank you for visiting CEDR Solutions. This page was created to be a supplemental reference to CEDR’s popular “Strategies in Transitioning Employees in a Practice Purchase” article that made it’s first appearance in The Profitable Dentist’s Winter 2011 issue. (You can find the full article here.) Below you will find our supplemental video resource, recorded [...]
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Purchasing a Practice – Transitioning Employees Before, During and After
Sunday, December 30th, 2012Strategies in Transitioning Employees in a Practice Purchase
Saturday, December 29th, 2012This article first appeared in The Profitable Dentist Winter 2011 Magazine Issue To see the original publication, click here. In a recent online discussion with a group of dentists, I found myself embroiled in a heated debate. The issue was what to do about the employees when you are in transition on a purchase of [...]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012At CEDR, we’re often asked “Is it better to fire someone in person or over the phone?” Many employers feel that firing them over the phone would give them a far less likelihood of a confrontation and things going bad. However, for the most part, using the phone is not a great idea. First, in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Desperate Workforce, Lean Economy: 2011 EEOC Charges Hit Record High
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011The number of charges may continue to increase if the economy does not improve in 2012. Hire better, train more, document thoroughly, and call CEDR for support. The country’s unresolved economic problems are adding fuel to the job discrimination fire and driving the increase in charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). [...]
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Even inside my own HR company, I face the challenge of getting everyone to clock in and out properly. What follows are a few notes on issues common to time clocks, paychecks, and working overtime, including: Charging penalties when employees clock in incorrectly Failing to pay employees on time because of their mistakes Using a [...]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011Many clients have difficulty seeing the many ways their handbook pays for itself. To make it easier, here are just a few ways our members reported their employee handbook gave back: Because of our updated travel policy, an office with fourteen employees, who got stuck in a airport for six hours on the way back [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Find, Interview, and Hire Better Employees with CEDR’s Hiring Guide
Thursday, August 25th, 2011Know What You Can and Can’t Ask During an Interview and How to Hire Interviewing Dos and Don’ts: Questions You Must Ask and Questions You Must Avoid Before and During the Interview Unfortunately, most employers don’t learn until it is too late which questions to avoid so they stay out of trouble when interviewing prospective [...]
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011Tough Question #6: “I need to see things pay for themselves.” “My father practiced for 40 years, I’ve been in practice for ten, and we’ve never been sued. I have a hard time justifying spending money on something like an Employee Handbook. Look, I get the legal side of what you say about doing it [...]
Read the rest of this entry »11 Deadly Sins of the Borrowed, Self-Made, Downloaded, or Outdated Employee Handbook
Monday, June 20th, 2011Do you really want to know if your current employee handbook has problems? Start here with your own self-evaluation. Although we offer an in-depth evaluation service of existing employee handbooks, we’ve compiled a short list of common mistakes so you can perform your own mini evaluation without us! If you’ve created, downloaded, or borrowed any [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CEDR Custom Employee Handbook Process Questions
Friday, May 27th, 2011Questions about our customized employee handbook? We’ve created an FAQ to address them here: How long will it take to get my employee handbook in place? The entire process takes on average between 30 days and three months, depending on how quickly you can do your part. We send you a link to the initial [...]
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