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

With Hillary Harms Becchetti, JD

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!

Meet our guest

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.

In this episode

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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