Employment and Advocacy

The purpose

Strengthen the conditions in which emergency care professionals work through employment choice, transparent agreements, benefits access and meaningful participation in institutional decisions. Employment models differ across countries and organizations.

Program responsibilities

• Compare direct hospital employment, physician group employment and independent contracting
• Build contract literacy and access to qualified legal review
• Examine benefits, scheduling, clinical autonomy, due process and workplace protections
• Support physician participation in policy and workforce decisions
• Measure workforce stability alongside the cost and quality of care

Hospital partnership model

The Emergency Physician Opportunity and Readiness Compact organizes a hospital, participating clinicians and qualified advisers around a defined workforce problem. An initial assessment compares staffing arrangements and establishes transparent commitments.

• Evaluate turnover, vacancy duration, uncovered shifts and recruitment costs
• Compare the full cost of employment, benefits and professional liability arrangements
• Agree on protected learning time and clinical governance participation
• Publish evaluation methods and aggregate outcomes

Explore the work

• Employment Models
• Legal Advocacy
• Evidence and Statistics