Cambridge Dental Consultants offers general staff benefit recommendations, and top dental consultants advise always checking your state’s specific rules and regulations for compliance.       Medical Benefits Top dental consultants recommend the defined contribution route or individual plans as a solid option, with a typical range of $150 to $250 per month.   Dental Care Benefits Staff become eligible for no-charge dental care after three months, and dental consultants suggest providing full-time employees with free preventive and basic restorative care, plus home instructions, during normal business hours with schedule availability. Spouses and children of full-time staff also receive free...

UNIFORMS AND DRESS CODE The practice will purchase your uniforms for you. You will be responsible for maintaining your uniform. When you leave employment of the practice, all uniforms must be returned. If uniforms are not returned, you will be responsible for the current cost to replace them. Since our floors are light in color, we require that you wear sneakers or appropriate shoes with white soles to keep black scuff marks to a minimum. You are responsible for the purchase and upkeep of your sneakers/shoes. Please keep them white. Excessive jewelry, nail length, heavy makeup and perfume are neither appropriate,...

Vacations (full time employees only): One week of paid vacation during second and third years. Two weeks of paid vacation for the fourth and subsequent years. Note: If you set up as above paid vacation time is considered earned at the conclusion of each year of employment. If the employee leaves or is dismissed one day into the next employment year, vacation has already been earned and should be paid out. PTO (full time employees only): PTO accumulates at a rate of one half day per month after 90 days of employment. At the end of the year any unused PTO can...

I am often asked if you need to pay your dental office staff for CE, meetings, seminars, etc.  In general the answer is YES. Based on US Department of Labor rules here are the basic guide lines.  1. You can pay your staff a lower rate for events, CE, meetings and such provided it is away from the office and worked out in writing in advance. With the possible exception of hygienists I do not recommend doing so as it has the potential to upset your staff which is counter productive and not the frame of mind you want your staff...