Your employment contract

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.

Before you sign...

Look out for employment contract snags

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

When a noncompete isn't ironclad

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?

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

No contract? No good!

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

When a salary guarantee expires

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

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

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