Risk Management

Will an Employee Handbook Template Save You Money?

Aug. 21, 2015

Give me 5 minutes, and I’ll turn a $49 investment into $40,000. Recently, we asked ourselves, does anyone have a...

Your New Hire Needs HIPAA Compliance Training

Aug. 7, 2015

HIPAA. It elicits groans across the healthcare industry. But as a healthcare employer, you must stay up to date in...

How to Sue Your Employer, California Style

Jul. 14, 2015

This past weekend, CEDR was in California teaching a CE class to medical practice owners on California employment law and...

Independent Contractors vs. Employees: A Critical Distinction

Jun. 8, 2015

"Can I just classify this person as an independent contractor and issue a 1099? It’s so much easier than doing...

Document, Document, Document!

Mar. 19, 2015

As HR professionals, we hear a lot of excuses when it comes to why a personnel file is empty or...

Can I Fire For This?

Mar. 19, 2015

With employment lawsuits at an all-time high, it's more important than ever to know what you can and can't fire...

Small Business Help, or Secret Agenda?

Mar. 17, 2015

I'm sick and tired of so-called advocates for small business running a "this country sucks" lie up the flagpole in...

The NLRB Hates Your No Gossiping Policy. Here’s Why.

Feb. 25, 2015

I keep running into this problem as we evaluate pre-existing employee handbooks for doctors, dentists and office managers across the...

Donuts and Discrimination: Avoiding Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuits

Feb. 4, 2015

If you have ever been tempted to write your own employee handbook policies, here’s a story about a pregnancy discrimination...

Have You Misclassified Your Independent Contractors?

Dec. 20, 2014

We see employees misclassified as independent contractors all the time as we deal with medical and especially dental practices. With...

Is the President a Good Candidate for Asset Protection?

Aug. 8, 2014

Asset protection can be a big deal for practice owners and established doctors, and we've talked about it here before....

To Catch an Office Thief: Stopping Theft and Employee Embezzlement

Jun. 14, 2014

Just the other day, I got a call about a suspected employee embezzlement situation, in which a doctor had just...