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Recruitment and Retention of
Medical Personnel in a Volatile Landscape:
Immigration and Employment Considerations
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Thursday
February 4, 2016
7:30 AM
Registration
Networking Breakfast
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Presentation
Doubletree Hotel
5400 Computer Drive
Westborough, MA
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TOPICS INCLUDE:
Recruitment
- What can we ask about immigration status?
- Use of the best visa categories in medical fields: H, J, O, TN,
E-3, STEM OPT - Special requirements for MDs and RNs: licensing, timing, "visa screen", J-1 waivers in medically underserved areas
- Use of recruiters and staffing agencies
- Employment possibilities and restrictions: transfers, part-time, concurrent and moonlighting
- Competitive recruitment in shortage areas: primary care, neurology, dentistry
- Alternatives to the H-1B quota restrictions
Compliance
- I-9 best practices
- H-1B amendments in placements, wage and job title changes and mergers
- "Benching rules" for H-1Bs
- Termination issues
Retention
- Moves to permanent residence
- Extensions of temporary work visas
- Changing work categories
- In mergers: due diligence for the selling and buying entities
Legal Considerations in Contracting with Foreign Personnel
- The Offer Letter
- The Employment Contract
- Special Topics
- Stark Compliance
- Liquidated Damage Provisions
- Licensing Considerations
- Entity Mergers and Acquisitions
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