by CEDR HR Solutions | Oct 2, 2020 | Employment Laws, Hiring & Onboarding, Risk Management
What do ‘FT’ and ‘PT’ Mean? The abbreviations ‘FT’ and ‘PT’ stand for “full-time” and “part-time,” respectively. They refer to the status of an employee’s position at a business, specifically whether or not they work enough hours weekly to qualify as “full-time”...
by Paul Edwards | Apr 13, 2022 | Employment Laws, Handbooks & Policies, Risk Management, Team Management
Working in a dental office means possible exposure to potential hazards during work for all employees. Most risks are mitigated through properly functioning equipment and by following safety protocols. One of the common issues related to potential exposure events that...
by CEDR HR Solutions | Aug 28, 2019 | Ask an HR Expert, Employment Laws, Hiring & Onboarding, Risk Management
“I have been searching for a dental assistant and finally found someone and offered them the job. I just found out that he’s left-handed. I’m right-handed and each of my operatories are set up for right-handed dentistry. Do I still have to hire him?” We have some...
by Paul Edwards | Oct 13, 2021 | Ask an HR Expert, Employment Laws, Handbooks & Policies, HR News & Insights, Risk Management
State vaccine mandates are rare, but certainly nothing new. In fact, the first state-wide vaccine mandate in the US was enacted in Massachusetts to combat smallpox in 1809. However, as an employer, the responses to vaccine mandates can run the gamut from confusion to...
by CEDR HR Solutions | Aug 7, 2019 | Employment Laws, Hiring & Onboarding, Risk Management
“No, we didn’t do a background check on her before we hired her. She seemed like such a nice person.” “Well, I just ‘Googled’ him, and it looks like he has some sort of criminal record, but I can’t see what it is.” These are things we occasionally hear from our...
by Paul Edwards | Feb 11, 2021 | Ask an HR Expert, COVID-19, Employment Laws, Risk Management, Team Management
From CEDR CEO & Founder Paul Edwards: As vaccinations continue to be distributed to more and more members of the American workforce, one of the recurring questions we are getting in the CEDR Solution Center concerns how to respond to patients who ask about whether...
