Our healthcare and business law firm often represents medical practices, including primary care practices, specialty practices, and med spas, in employment matters. At some point, each medical practice deals with the situation where an employee becomes unable to perform due to an injury or prolonged illness. For instance, an esthetician breaks her hand and can no longer perform essential services of her position. Or a staff member has a serious illness that requires them to stay home for three weeks. Our medical practice clients are always sympathetic and want to take care of their employees, but they also have to balance that interest against the interest of running a business. That leads them to ask us: What should I do? This post provides four considerations for a medical practice if an employee is unable to perform due to an injury or illness. If you have employment questions or would like to discuss this blog post, you may contact our healthcare and business law firm at (404) 685-1662 (Atlanta) or (706) 722-7886 (Augusta), or by email, info@hamillittle.com. You may also learn more about our law firm by visiting www.hamillittle.com.
- If the injury happened on the job, does your workers compensation policy provide a benefit?
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