Leading a dental or healthcare practice during the holidays means PTO questions, bonus decisions, holiday logistics, and a long-avoided Windows 11 upgrade all hitting at once - because of course they do. In this Compliant AF episode, Kara Kelley (Clinical HR) and Amy Wood (Copper Penny Consulting) break down the end-of-year issues that send practice leaders into a spiral - holiday pay, employee furloughs, bonus compliance, handbook updates, overtime premium rules, and why the Windows 11 ‘emergency’ is really just procrastination masquerading as a crisis.

We dig into:

• Holiday pay policies and closures

• The thing no one knows about bonuses (until they get a letter from DOL)

• The Windows 11 panic - what’s real, what’s nonsense, and what’s a terrible idea

• Cybersecurity slip-ups every practice makes during Q4

Whether you’re navigating end-of-year HR chaos or trying not to burn your practice down with outdated computers, this episode gives you the clarity (and snark) you need.

Hosted by: • Kara D. Kelley, SPHR, SHRM-SCP – CEO, Clinical HR LLC • Amy Wood – CEO, Copper Penny Consulting LLC

Stay tuned for Part 2, all about the AI "buzzword." Subscribe for more no-nonsense, compliant-AF episodes that keep your practice out of trouble - and out of audits.