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 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Writing the Perfect (and Legal) Job Ad
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012Attracting not only a good applicant, but the right applicant, to read and apply to your job ad centers around a very important solution: advertise to the employees you want to keep. How? The details are listed below. First, you need to create a list of what your ideal candidate might look like. Is he [...]
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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Monday, October 31st, 2011Brrrr! It’s never too early to talk about snow days, especially when the Northeast gets pounded with snow in late October! For all our Northeastern and climate challenged members and followers, here’s a brief guide to paying your employees when you have to close the office due to inclement weather or power outages. Non-Exempt Employees: [...]
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011We often field calls in our Solution Center that sound something like this: “Look, I know I did this backwards, but I hired someone and now we have a problem. She seemed great in the interview, but after we hired her, we discovered [insert inappropriate/shocking/ stupefying/scary behavior here]. So, I decided to call her references [...]
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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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