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Employment Law: Contracts

Employee status carries some potential risks

May 25, 2011

Have you decided to practice medicine as an employee rather than a business owner?

Your employment contract

October 23, 2009

As you prepare to start a new job, read your employment contract carefully, make sure you understand all of its provisions, and, if necessary, let a lawyer have a peek.

Look out for employment contract snags

February 1, 2008

Be careful, because the terms of this agreement can have a profound impact on your career.

When a noncompete isn't ironclad

September 7, 2007

They're tough to break, but two Indiana doctors showed one way to do it. There are other ways that could work, too.

The end of restrictive covenants?

December 16, 2005

A state supreme court rules that "noncompete" clauses violate public policy by limiting patient access to medical care.

No contract? No good!

December 2, 2005

Leaving things to chance can spell disaster for your practice, the author says.

When a salary guarantee expires

April 22, 2005

This "base compensation" model provides built-in incentives for new physicians, and protects the group if they don't produce.

Finding a Job
Step 4: Weighing offers

January 21, 2005

Before you sign an employment agreement, do your homework, talk with your advisers, then decide which offer you can't refuse.

A win-win alternative to noncompete clauses

August 8, 2003

For both groups and their employed doctors, there's now a fair and legal alternative to restrictive covenants.

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