This comprehensive personnel reference has been updated to include the Americans with Disability Act, Sexual Harassment laws, and the Family Medical Leave Act. Compiled by Karen Moawad and Lynne Ross Costain, two experts in health care and human resources, this book helps the dentist/manager select and train a capable staff, gives thorough guidelines in formulating a compensation and benefit package, discusses the intricacies of performance evaluation, and describes the necessary steps in terminating an employee.
The book includes extensive information on the entire range of employee benefit programs and staff-related issues. This guide to writing a personnel policy manual provides the basics - where to start, who should be involved, how to organize the manual, and how to keep it up to date. Benefit topics discussed include trends, health insurance, sick leave, vacations, educational assistance, dependent care programs, and cafeteria plans. Timely legal issues are discussed and forms necessary for personnel administration in a dental office are included.
