{"id":239,"date":"2019-10-04T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2025-05-13T14:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:40:16","slug":"human-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/practice-resources\/human-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Human resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1698696973333{margin-top: -40px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #009ba7 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;white-text&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Human resources<\/h1>\n<p><nav  aria-label=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Dentists owning a practice have the added responsibility of being an employer. 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