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Feature|Articles|February 3, 2025 (Updated: February 3, 2025)
Practice tip of the week: Firing employees
Author(s)Keith A. Reynolds
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With all the useful information available on Physicians Practice, it is easy to become overwhelmed.
With this in mind, the tip of the week is a chance to reflect on some of the wisdom found all across the site. In this November 2023 article on eight steps to firing an employee,
Follow the employee handbook
- Every employee should receive a handbook containing the practice's policies and it should include a termination section.
- The handbook should be signed off on by an employment attorney before being issued, and every employee should sign that they received it and understand it
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