31. Decoding dental contracts: What to look for before you say “yes” to an associateship, with Hi...

As a new dental associate, you can be forgiven if employment contracts make your head spin.


They can be long, dense, and packed with terms that non-lawyers have never heard of.


Before you breeze through your employment contract like it's the Instagram terms-of-service, remember—this document could shape the trajectory of the rest of your career!


In this episode, we're bringing in a ringer to help dental associates decode employment contracts and lay out some basic expectations for their first associateship.


Hillary Harms Becchetti is the founder of Pine Lake Dental Law & Transitions in Minnesota. Pine Lake is a full service transition company and law firm performing around 60 dental transitions per year, and they also provide dentists with associate contract review and employment law consulting. 


We'll discuss:



• Some common employment contract terms with which you should be familiar


• How to negotiate a contract effectively


• Important considerations for working full-time versus working part-time


• Common pay structure offerings, paid time off, and benefits


• Often overlooked details, like termination policy and non-competition agreements







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