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Am I Practicing The Standard Of Care?
In the law of professional negligence, the standard of care is the benchmark by which others assess a veterinarian’s competence. To be within the standard of care, veterinarians must perform their duties with an average degree of skill, care and diligence exercised...
Wrongful Termination and Constructive Dismissal
Wrongful termination occurs whenever you fire an employee for reasons that are illegal and/or against your practice’s policies. Illegal firings include those that involve discrimination, whether because of race, gender, citizenship status or other class protection. If...
Listing Agreements: Key Sections and Common Issues
Veterinary medicine is no stranger to change, both on the medical side and the business side. As an example of the latter, much to the chagrin of many veterinarians, the storefronts of veterinary practices are shifting from “mom and pop” to corporate as corporations...
3 HR Challenges And What You Can Do
Originally Published in Today's Veterinary Business, December 2017 Recruiting, training and retaining quality employees is an ongoing challenge for veterinary practices of all sizes. Successfully doing so, though, is crucial if a practice is to thrive. Team...
Dissecting and Creating A Paid Time Off Policy
When it’s time to create your paid time off (PTO) policy, it’s important to answer the five Ws and the H: who, what, when, where, why and how. Focusing first on the “why,” note that, in the actual policies, you don’t typically share why policies are created in the...
How #Me Too Affects You, Too
Originally posted in Today's Veterinary Business, February 2018 Sexual harassment in the workplace must be dealt with promptly, fairly and firmly. The #MeToo movement started last fall with claims of sexual harassment and rape against movie producer Harvey Weinstein....
Mysteries of Fair Compensation 2017 Update
It would be so simple if practice owners could open a fortune cookie for each one of their employees and find the method by which to fairly compensate them. While there are commonly accepted methods of compensation, their implementation in veterinary practices varies...
Protecting Your Practice from Toxic Teams
“You know when a veterinary practice is toxic. You can almost smell it, that tang of adrenaline from spiking anger. You feel it. Your stomach sinks when you walk in the door and you sense the tension hanging in the air. Worse yet? You’re fully aware that the toxicity...
Laboratory Service Contracts: The Devil’s in the Details
After all the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into owning your practice, you’re finally ready to sell. You have a prospective buyer who wants to assume ownership and, after many months of negotiating, you’ve settled upon the terms of your agreement. Then comes...
2018 Calendar for Human Resources Related Events ©
2018 – Is it really here in just the blink of an eye? We have updated our calendar with additional events that you should be addressing in 2018 regarding Human Resources related activities. Please take the time to at least scan the list and pencil in on your...
Politics in the Workplace – Navigating Political Talk in the Office with Tact
With the past year being so divisive in the world of politics, tensions are running high throughout the country – so it isn’t surprising that political beliefs are a hot subject in and around the workplace. You may therefore have found yourself thrown into...
Importance of a Practice Culture Audit – and How to Conduct One
If you’ve owned, managed or worked at a particular veterinary practice for any length of time, you may be so used to the workplace culture of the practice that you can’t effectively define it, much less analyze its strengths and weaknesses. If that’s the case, that’s...
