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Pay Raise Requests: How to Make Them and How to Respond
Pay Raise Requests: How to Make Them and How to Respond Kellie G. Olah, SPHR, CVPM Veterinary practices, like many other businesses, often award pay raises in connection with an annual employee review. It’s a logical time to do so since that’s when employers provide...
Chewy and Covetrus Face Off in Veterinary Prescription Dispute
Chewy and Covetrus Face Off in Veterinary Prescription Dispute By: Isaac Brownstein A 2017 study shows that 77% of people consider their cats and dogs to be members of the family—and so it isn’t surprising that, collectively, they’re willing to spend big dollars on...
Associate Contracts for Corporate Consolidators
Associate Contracts for Corporate Consolidators Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc. https://veterinarybusinessadvisors.com/As the presence of corporate consolidators in the veterinary field increases, it has become even more important to understand what to look for...
How Practice Managers Can Keep Up with Changing Employment Laws
How Practice Managers Can Keep Up with Changing Employment Laws By: Kellie Olah, SPHR, SHRM-CP Although it has always been challenging for many small business owners to keep up with evolving employment-related legislation, COVID-19 has made this situation even more...
Employee Performance Coaching and Setting Goals
Charlotte Lacroix, DVM, JD Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc. Whitehouse Station, NJ, USAThe overall objective of any Performance Management Program (“PMP”) is to ensure a Practice and all of its subsystems (processes, departments, teams, employees, etc.) are working...
Employee Performance Coaching and Setting Goals
Employee Performance Coaching and Setting Goals Charlotte Lacroix, DVM, JD Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc. Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA The overall objective of any Performance Management Program (“PMP”) is to ensure a Practice and all of its subsystems (processes,...
How Practice Managers Can Keep Up with Changing Employment Laws
How Practice Managers Can Keep Up with Changing Employment Laws By: Kellie Olah, SPHR, SHRM-CP Although it has always been challenging for many small business owners to keep up with evolving employment-related legislation, COVID-19 has made this situation even more...
Associate Contracts for Corporate Consolidators
Associate Contracts for Corporate Consolidators Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc. www.veterinarybusinessadvisors.com As the presence of corporate consolidators in the veterinary field increases, it has become even more important to understand what to look for when...
Addressing Mental Health Challenges in The Veterinary Industry
Mental Health Challenges in the Practice: How to Identify and Combat Them Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc. www.veterinarybusinessadvisors.com In February 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released survey results focused on responses...
Exit Interviews
Exit Interviews: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Kellie G. Olah, CVPM, SPHR, SHRM-CP Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc. One of the most valuable assets at your veterinary practice is the people you employ, with skilled ones having the ability to boost the...
Work Life Balance or Work Life Integration
Work-Life Balance—or Work-Life Integration? Kellie G. Olah, CVPM, SPHR The topic of work-life balance has been discussed for decades, with a variety of experts weighing in with different perspectives. Over the past few years, though, a new phrase has been tossed into...
Workplace Issues to Consider About The Internet
Three Workplace Issues to Consider About the Internet When you think about legal issues associated with the internet that can affect veterinary practices, you may think about telemedicine – and that is an excellent example, although not the only internet-based legal...
