Recently there has been much in the news about part-time
employees in business and industry. Some
large companies have increased part-time positions to save the cost of having
to provide health insurance to full- time employees under conditions of the
Affordable Care Act. Another topic under
discussion that will affect both full-time and part-time is an increase in the
minimum wage. Many dentists too have
begun to consider increasing the number of part-timers on staff for a number of
other reasons.
Dentists are finding that part-time staff can be used to add
to staff during busy production times and work fewer hours or not at all when
production is down, thereby saving payroll costs. Additionally, when the dentist is not seeing
patients, it is understood that part-time staff will not be in the office in
contrast to full-timers who expect to work a regular schedule. Another reason, part-time work is often
favored by women with children at home, thereby widening the field of potential
staff members. And part-time staff
members familiar with patients and practice routine make excellent substitutes
when full-time staff must be out. Yet
another reason for using some part-time staff is the cost savings from limiting
or not providing fringe benefits.
One or more well trained part-time staff members may be a
great boon for your practice.
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