Objectives:

To help protect dentists and dental offices from common and easily made mistakes regarding personnel and employment issues. By helping to avoid common mistakes associated with labor laws, it can help the office protect its assets and reduce the chance of legal ramification from a disgruntled employee.

Like every Dentist knows, there are many rules and regulations which the practice must follow that are in accordance with health and safety standards. Unfortunately, Human Resources and labor laws can be a foreign language which dental professionals aren’t quite as familiar with.

This handbook will help to provide essential knowledge and skills to the office manager or acting supervisor of private dental practices. At small practices this is most likely the Dentist. As a practice flourishes and grows, staff and patient load are added, other individuals may take the role of acting supervisor.

By having a Human Resources policy handbook, the practice policies can remain consistent no matter who the acting manager is. Employees will always be treated fairly and held to the same standard and documentation will remain consistent.