Dental practices across the country are struggling to fill open positions, and many are turning to temp workers without fully understanding the legal risks. Now a new alliance between a healthcare-focused compliance platform and a major dental staffing network is aiming to fix that.
HR for Health, the leading HR compliance, payroll, and team management platform designed specifically for healthcare and dental practices, announces a strategic partnership with Kwikly Dental Staffing, a W-2 dental staffing marketplace serving more than 25,000 dental offices.
This partnership combines HR compliance expertise with modern dental staffing solutions to support hiring, retention, and workforce management.
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The collaboration unites two organizations that share a common goal: helping dental practice owners tackle one of the industry’s toughest challenges—building and keeping a dependable team while staying compliant with ever-changing employment laws.
With staffing shortages hitting dental offices nationwide, more employers are leaning on temporary and flexible staffing arrangements. Yet many practice owners are unsure about key issues like how to classify workers, what onboarding responsibilities they have, how payroll works for temporary staff, and what compliance risks come with hiring independent contractors.
Through this partnership, HR for Health and Kwikly will offer educational resources, webinars, and practical guidance to help practice owners clearly understand the difference between 1099 independent contractors and W-2 employees, reduce their compliance exposure, and make smarter workforce decisions.
"Practice owners are facing increasingly difficult hiring challenges, but staffing solutions should never come at the expense of compliance," said Jill Hasselmann, Chief Growth Officer at HR for Health. "By partnering with Kwikly, we're helping practices access staffing support while also giving them the education and tools they need to properly classify workers, onboard employees, manage schedules, and build stronger teams for the long term."
We’re helping practices access staffing support while giving them the education and tools to properly classify workers, onboard employees, manage schedules, and build stronger teams for the long term.”— Jill Hasselmann, Chief Growth Officer at HR for Health
The partnership will focus on several key workforce initiatives, including:
• Educating dental employers on proper worker classification and the risks associated with employee misclassification.
• Helping practices develop sustainable hiring and retention strategies.
• Providing resources that streamline onboarding, payroll, and HR compliance processes.
• Delivering industry-specific workforce education through webinars, guides, and thought leadership content.
• Exploring future integrations designed to create a more seamless experience between hiring, onboarding, and workforce management.
Looking ahead, the two companies are evaluating opportunities to integrate their platforms, allowing practices to move more efficiently from candidate sourcing to employee onboarding. Future capabilities aim to include streamlined hiring workflows, automated onboarding processes, digital employee documentation, employee scheduling, payroll readiness, and enhanced compliance support for newly hired team members.
"Dental practices need more than just access to candidates. They need solutions that help them successfully bring those candidates into their organizations and retain them," said Devin Amberg, Chief Revenue Officer at Kwikly. "Our partnership with HR for Health creates a stronger workforce ecosystem that supports practices throughout the entire employee lifecycle."
Together, HR for Health and Kwikly aim to help dental employers address today’s workforce challenges while building the infrastructure needed to support future growth.
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About HR for Health
Designed for small and medium-sized practices, HR for Health is a complete HR solution with customizable employee handbooks, automated documentation, time tracking, onboarding, integrated payroll and benefits, and performance management. With built-in guidance and compliance-driven tools, HR for Health helps practices reduce risk, streamline day-to-day efficiency, and build stronger, more engaged teams so practice owners can stay focused on delivering exceptional patient care.
Learn more at https://hrforhealth.com/.
About Kwikly Dental Staffing
Kwikly is the nation’s #1 dental staffing solution and an Inc. 5000 company five years running. Kwikly connects more than 25,000 dental offices with a network of 80,000+ dental professionals, all employed as W-2 employees, and offers the first workforce management solution built for dentistry.
Learn more at https://www.joinkwikly.com/.
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Why it matters: As dental offices grapple with chronic staffing gaps, this partnership tackles a hidden cost of temporary hiring — compliance risk. By arming practice owners with both staffing access and proper legal guidance, the alliance could reshape how the industry manages its workforce without inviting costly misclassification penalties.
