Leaving a job is always hard. Whether you are leaving voluntarily or not, you have a lot of decisions to make. You will be losing a relationship with an employer, will need to reconsider your financial situation, and will have to consider the legal consequences. You can address these issues with your employer. If you …
Getting booted from your job is no laughing matter. It can jeopardize the progression of your career for years to come. Plus, it can cause financial difficulties in the time before you can find a new job. An employer can’t just fire someone without any reasonable cause, as being terminated means that the company is …
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It’s not easy to become a doctor or a practitioner of any medical field. You have to go through years of school, specialized training, and countless evaluations to get to where you are. For that reason, you want to make sure that you protect your rights as an employee. This is why you have to …
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Wrongful termination refers to when an employment contract is terminated — in other words, the employee is fired — for illegal reasons. The most complicated part about the judicial process of a wrongful termination case is determining whether the termination was truly illegal or whether it was simply unfair. The employment contract is usually drafted …
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Severance pay is worth a lot, especially if the job has a high base salary. It’s mandatory in some states, which means you can get guaranteed severance pay after you leave a job. If you’re quitting a job, but you aren’t sure whether your severance agreement is fair or not, you can have an attorney …
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Fresh out of training, it’s hard to get your head around compensation. The modest stipend you’ve been making won’t prepare you for what you will earn now. This means you could either underestimate or dramatically overestimate what you think you’ll get. Some practices still base compensation on the physician’s share of collections, which is a …
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A non-compete agreement—sometimes referred to as “covenant not to compete”— is a contract agreement between the employer and employee or the business and the partner. The agreement is designed to restrict one party from working in the same profession and area for a certain amount of time, thus becoming a “non-competitor.” In the medical field, …
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If you’ve received a job offer from a potential employer, make sure you don’t sign it before a lawyer has gone over it with you. Regulations surrounding the healthcare industry can be quite strict. This means that physician employment agreements contain things that may not be included in the physician employment contract. It’s definitely worth …
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As a general practitioner, it might not be the easiest thing to do. There are a lot of things you need to include in the contract, and the salary plan should be agreed upon beforehand. On the other hand, if you’re a healthcare firm and are looking to draft a contract for anything at all, …
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Every business should have a legal team to call on in times of trouble. There are so many reasons to do so. That being said, it can be rather expensive to hire a full-time employee in-house, particularly if you are a small business. In such a case, you may find a contract attorney to be …
