Employment agreements for physicians and other health care professionals usually have common important provisions. Successful negotiation of the major terms of employment contracts for medical professionals may be important to a doctor's financial and professional...
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Be aware of severance agreements
Terminating an employee is distressing for the worker and may pose legal risks for employers. Separation packages or employment contracts often contain severance agreements intended to protect employers. Workers should be prepared to negotiate a fair and reasonable...
Does your boss fail to accommodate your religious beliefs?
It makes no difference whether you are a member of a traditional religion or you follow a lesser known faith. Your employer cannot discriminate against you. If your employer does not accommodate your religious beliefs, he or she may be in violation of the law. How it...
Employment contracts may be job handcuffs
Leaving a job for a better venture is a dream come true. But, as with other experiences, a worker's past may haunt this event. Employment contracts signed years earlier may restrict getting a job with a new employer or competitor. During the first days of employment,...
Employers may expect confidentiality
Non-disclosure agreements about allegedly torrid events have been in the news very recently. These agreements, also known as confidentiality and invention assignment agreements, are standard parts of employment contracts. The terms of these agreements are intended to...
Escaping an employment contract
Not all employment contracts for medical professionals are ironclad. Healthcare workers may be released from these contracts under certain circumstances. First, employment contracts usually have terms that allow for their termination. These clauses usually allow an...
Pennsylvania Attorney General questions no poach agreements
No competition clauses are not limited to employment contracts for lucrative occupations. Lately, fast food workers and franchisees have confronted contracts that limit a worker's ability to seek better employment. The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and...
3 provisions that a severance package should include
There are few situations so stressful as facing unemployment. Whether you have been at your current job for 10 months or 10 years, it is difficult to learn that you will no longer have the position at your company. In such circumstances, your employer may offer you a...
Tips on getting the best severance agreement
Employers may offer severance agreements to smooth the departure for terminated employees. In return for certain benefits, however, the soon-to-be former employers want important concessions. Employees can increase their bargaining power by taking certain actions to...
Severance contract may threaten safety
Fine print in severance agreements should be carefully reviewed because it may restrict important rights. According to employment law experts, Tesla deterred terminated employees from revealing safety concerns with the public in its severance agreements. The automaker...

