{"id":171,"date":"2017-05-24T06:35:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T06:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cp2.therasoftclients.com\/TSBLOGTT\/?p=171"},"modified":"2021-11-25T06:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:07:15","slug":"the-importance-of-having-clear-contracts-for-your-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/the-importance-of-having-clear-contracts-for-your-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Having Clear Contracts for Your Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The Importance of Having Clear Contracts for Your Staff<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If your practice is growing and your case load is full, so now you are considering hiring more therapists.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Whether you hire them as employees or on a contract is a personal choice, and will be based on your business model. However, it is important to be fully aware of the facts and establish clear guidelines before you do.<\/p>\n<p>As a <a href=\"\/is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-perfect-business-owner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business owner<\/a>, you can get contracts wrong, and the penalties can be weighty and may influence the success of your practice over time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn1.hubspot.com\/StockImages\/Working%20Hard\/7K0A0947.jpg\" alt=\"The Importance of Having Clear Contracts for Your Staff\" width=\"320\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 320px;\" title=\"The Importance of Having Clear Contracts for Your Staff\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>It&#8217;s Important to Have Clear Contracts<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ensure your Contracts are Clear<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Establishing a practice is costly and it can take years to establish a full case load. However, this is no excuse to skimp on legal costs.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it would be wise to consider the costs involved in preparing your contracts as a type of insurance which will protect you and your clinic in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure that the contracts you draw up include every detail pertaining to your expectations of your therapists, and what they can expect from you.<\/p>\n<p>This may come down to whether you provide stationary, access to a receptionist, and what hours they might be expected to work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn1.hubspot.com\/StockImages\/Laptop%20Work\/7K0A0178.jpg\" alt=\"The Importance of Having Clear Contracts for Your Staff\" width=\"320\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 320px;\" title=\"The Importance of Having Clear Contracts for Your Staff\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>Include a Wide Range of Metrics in Your Contracts<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t want your business going under as a result of our poor planning or having the IRS levy heavy fines and expenses<\/p>\n<p>Make sure that your contracts, policies, and practices are all in alignment with one another. Pay for legal advice which will protect your business.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Help from the IRS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s a link to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p1779.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRS PDF<\/a> with more information on determining whether or not to reimburse people as employees or contractors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{{cta(&#8216;ab69bf49-4103-4e19-8244-357161f848f9&#8217;)}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Importance of Having Clear Contracts for Your Staff If your practice is growing and your case load is full, so now you are considering hiring more therapists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}