Call or Email Us today to learn about your legal rights! Legal Service Plans: A Valuable Employee Benefit What Is the Hottest Employee Benefit In The Marketplace Today ? Legal Service Plans.... By Quincy Southers and Terrance Walker  W hat is the the most important and fastest growing employee benefit? Many employee benefit analysts believe it is prepaid legal insurance. Approximately 80% of Americans do not have legal coverage. The upper 10% of the income earners can afford legal council and attorneys. The lower 10% of the income earners and the poor generally have the government legal services programs to use, such as Legal Aid Societies. The remaining 80% of Americans have to pay legal fees and expenses, mostly out of their own pockets and generally only after the situation becomes a crisis. Those individuals who pay for legal fees themselves usually do not have the discretionary income required for a retainer, regardless of the amount requested. The few that can manage to pay the fees required for the retainer have waited until their legal problem became a crisis, which can further escalate legal costs. When their decision to choose legal representation is finally made, they find themselves faced with other perplexing questions: How much should the attorney cost? How do I know I have a qualified attorney? Absenteeism Reduction
Studies have shown thus far that employers suffer losses when employees take time off from work to handle their legal problems. Worker productivity decreases when their attention or concentration is on their legal situation rather then their job. According to a recent LSK Associates Study,1985, almost half the employees who take time off from work do so to deal with problems that are either legal or legal-related. Employee with' legal problems have an absenteeism rate five times higher than their other coworkers. They use their medical insurance four times more often, along with their sick leave. Employees do not perform well when troubled or under stress or distracted. They take any measure available to them to find the time to handle their legal situations. Common legal problems which employees may experience include: · signing documents · having a will · having an updated will · having an IRS audit · traffic tickets · correcting mistakes on credit reports · disputes with venders or contractors (warranty work, repairs on home, computer, or car) According to congressional hearings, average income Americans without legal counsel were the main targets for IRS audits. When situations such as the examples above are resolved, the results have a direct positive impact on employers' bottom lines because of increased productivity, lower health insurance rates because of less usage, and happier, more focused employees. Many companies are scrambling to find ways to solve this costly problem. Prepaid Legal Services: A Solution The answer for companies is to provide prepaid legal services and to let your employees have peace of mind knowing that they have legal representation for any legal situation that may arise. When a legal situation comes up, they will have an attorney to answer all legal questions and to give them help when needed. This benefit more than pays for itself when productivity and morale increases. There are three ways companies usually permit their employees to participate in a prepaid legal program. The first way is as a fringe benefit, where the employer pays the premium and deducts it as an expense. Many forward looking companies know how important this benefit is for themselves and their workers and choose to establish and pay for the plan as a benefit. Employers believe this benefit will become just as important as health insurance for the health and well being of their employees. The second way is to allow your employees to deduct the premium from payroll to be sent to the carrier. The only real cost is the time spent for the collecting premiums and sending them in to the provider firm. The third way is to allow your employees to pay their premium through their own checking account. A few insurers will allow this options for industries that have high turnover rates or independent salespeople. Most insurers will give all three categories a discounted group rate. The average group rate varies from $ 9 to $ 25 per month, depending on the benefit provided. OHIO: Ohio Access to Justice
FLORIDA: Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., of Florida
MISSISSIPPI: National Pre-Paid Legal Services of Mississippi, Inc.
TENNESSEE: Pre-Paid Legal Services of Tennessee, Inc.
VIRGINIA: Legal Service Plans of Virginia, Inc.
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CANADA: PPL Legal Care of Canada Corporation
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Factors to Consider The focus of the pre paid legal company is very important. You need to contract with a provider that places pre paid legal plans in a important position in their portfolio of benefits. The company should be willing to change their plans to correspond to the changes and needs in the marketplace. Many companies have so many other products that their prepaid plan is a sideline and does not get the attention it deserves. Some prepaid legal plans offered in the market place today are first generation and have not been modified to reflect the needs of potential legal situations today. Differences in the companies providing legal insurance vary from focus of the company, attorney selection to represent members, what is covered, when you have to pay a fee to an attorney, the coverage of preexisting conditions , who can become a member, membership fees, and group discount rates. There are many factors to examine in a plan to determine what plan best meets your employees' needs. This task requires a little home work on the part of the employer. Additional considerations can arise when examining the exact type of legal services offered. Some plans cover only the current situations that arise after a contract is enforce. Some cover preexisting conditions that have occurred before the contract date. This is an important provision for your employees, particularly those who may have on going legal problems. It is important to also look at what constitutes a preexisting condition and what the member has to pay to use this benefit. Some employers chose to help their employee with legal problems by contracting with an attorney in their city or area to provide local service for their workers. These programs are generally limited in there scope of services because of the size of the firm and resources available. A very small number of companies will have an attorney on staff or retainer for their employees. Generally there are only provisions for limited questions, simple document review, a will or telephone calls. Some provide unlimited phone consultations, though this is rare. Statistics indicate that if people would talk to an attorney for consultation when a legal situation arises, 90% of the legal situations could be solved before they reach the crisis stage. Yet, another important factor is whether the legal protection covers wills. Each plan varies according to the arrangements and the fee for this service. The criteria for attorney selection is the most important factor of legal protection because it is the heart and soul of any prepaid legal plan. The important question to ask is "What is the Martindale Hubbell rating of the law firm or attorney?" This rating system is equivalent to the rating service Dunn and Bradstreet provides for business. Many industry analyst feel that a top two rating by Martindale Hubbell would give the members a generally competent attorney. Another consideration when selecting a legal insurance plan is whether they use para-legals, secretaries, law clerks, inexperienced or recent law school graduates or qualified attorneys. It is important that the prepaid legal company have enough lawyers in various specialties to handle any situation that may arise. An Example of Legal Insurance There are a few companies in the market place that provide a pre paid legal plan on a national basis. Prepaid Legal Services, Inc. was the first company to offer a legal plan in America. The company is a publicly held company, the only one in the United States. This company was started in 1972 and is licensed to sell membership in all but five states. They have a nationwide network of over 6500 attorneys available in all states. SIDEBAR Lawsuits: The Numbers Are Growing | | While some individuals may not foresee themselves needing a lawyer, consider the following statistics: With 85.8 million lawsuits filed in 1995, that was an average of 235,068 per day, 9794 per hour, 163 per minute, and nearly 3 per second. These numbers are increasing at an alarming rate every year. Fifty-two percent of Americans have an on going legal problem at any given time. In the next twelve months, the odds are greater that an employee will be in court rather than the hospital. | Pre Paid Legal Services, Inc requires the attorneys who work with their members to have the two highest ratings from Martindale Hubbell, have at least three years of experience, and be of high standing in the community and the American Bar Association. In the last several weeks, legal plan sales have almost doubled the number of plans sold over the previous year. An example of a plan of interest to an employee with a family is the $14.95 per month group family plan. This plan gives employees and their family unlimited phone consultations on any subject immediately when they enroll. The attorneys available through the plan answer both business and personal legal questions. The attorneys provide phone calls and letters to any business or entity on the employee's behalf. With this program, individuals can have all future and past contracts reviewed and be advised of the legal impact of having a contract enforced the way it is written. The plan also provides for a comprehensive will for the insured and their family. Additionally, group family plan provides representation in court for all moving traffic violations (on or off the job), traffic violations when a death occurs, and cases where criminal charges have been filed. Since we now live in a society where the "take them to court" mentality prevails, legal insurance is a new and exciting benefit for employees. If you are looking for an employee benefit that will help your employees as much, if not more than your health insurance, then prepaid legal insurance is definitely worth investigating for your organization. Below is a link to an article that was done about companies that offer Legal Services to their employees. http://www.prepaidlegal.com/pdf/SBhandout.pdf Remember, offering PPL to your employees -does not cost your company anything, -saves your employees time and money, -and allows employees to be more productive. Please review our web site tailored for HR Directors concerned about attracting and retaining quality employees. Be sure to watch the 3 minute movie found at the top left or bottom right of the web page. Companie should provide their employees protection, security, and peace of mind. How The Plan Works for companies A Pre-Paid Legal plan is easy to implement.
Only 12 month initial contract
No claim forms
No deductibles
Your coverage begins immediately.
A Pre-Paid Legal plan is easy to use.
For legal matters, members are served by a provider law firm that has been carefully screened and selected by Pre-Paid Legal. To use the plan, members simply call their Provider Law Firm directly at the toll-free number on their membership card when they have a legal question or problem. It’s really that simple. Pre-Paid Legal does all the work: No flipping through a yellow-page style catalog for a qualified lawyer; no claim forms, no worries about being able to afford a lawyer--just peace of mind.
For business consulting, GoSmallBiz is only a few mouse clicks away to receive your questions. Each question is carefully analyzed by a consultant who has in-depth knowledge in a particular discipline such as taxes or human resources or marketing or technology. Responses are typically provided by the following business day.
Unlike other legal service providers, Pre-Paid Legal provides you with direct, toll-free access to a quality law firm when you have a legal need.
Our Provider Law Firm network is the result of over 30 years of experience working with tens of thousands of lawyers across North America.
You can rest assured that your Provider Law Firm:
Is an established firm
Was selected to serve you only after extensive investigation by Pre-Paid Legal
Is in good standing with their state Bar Association and the Law Society in Canada
Has a service philosophy consistent with the high standards of Pre-Paid Legal Services®, Inc.
Understands and empathizes with your business’ legal problems
Will provide courteous and professional service
Considers you to be their largest client in most cases
Consistently receives “excellent” to “very good” overall ratings from other members!
What our Provider Lawyers have to say...
“We treat the individual member with the same care, concern and commitment as the richest client of our firm.”
— Mike Turpen, Provider Lawyer, Oklahoma
" If we can’t keep one Pre-Paid Legal member happy when he or she calls, we’ll have Pre-Paid Legal asking us why we didn’t.”
— Lynn Ross, Provider Lawyer, Texas
“ In the eight years of providing legal services for Pre-Paid Legal members, I have seen that each and every day there is a tremendous value and benefit in having access to attorneys when you need one. We can help individuals deal with legal questions on the front end rather than deal with legal problems on the back end.”
— Charlie Anderson, Provider Lawyer, Alabama
GoSmallBiz.com is a provider of business consulting, resources and services designed to help entrepreneurs run and grow their businesses.
You will have unlimited e-mail and fax access to your GoSmallBiz consultants for any business related matter. Questions are researched for up to one hour and responded to by the following business day.
Topic areas include
Tax
Accounting
Marketing
Finance
Advertising
Technology
General Business
Who are the GoSmallBiz consultants?
The GoSmallBiz.com consultants are chosen based on their knowledge and experience in matters related to running a small business. All of the senior consultants have run small businesses. Each has in-depth knowledge in a particular discipline such as taxes or human resources or marketing or technology. GoSmallBiz.com selects individuals based on their broad base of experience rather than on knowledge of a particular industry.
Our consultants have been involved in many types of business and many industries. They can think through the issues that the business owner is facing and apply sound business logic. What our Provider Lawyers have to say...
“We treat the individual member with the same care, concern and commitment as the richest client of our firm.”
— Mike Turpen, Provider Lawyer, Oklahoma
" If we can’t keep one Pre-Paid Legal member happy when he or she calls, we’ll have Pre-Paid Legal asking us why we didn’t.”
— Lynn Ross, Provider Lawyer, Texas
“ In the eight years of providing legal services for Pre-Paid Legal members, I have seen that each and every day there is a tremendous value and benefit in having access to attorneys when you need one. We can help individuals deal with legal questions on the front end rather than deal with legal problems on the back end.”
— Charlie Anderson, Provider Lawyer, Alabama BENEFITS: Are you calling your attorney more now that you know you can? No more asking your friend or co-worker for legal advice, right? With your membership you can regularly use attorneys to help you make even more 'better decisions' in life.
Have you heard others mentioning their situations? Notice the frustrations, the uncertainty in their voices if they don't have a Pre-Paid Legal plan ? If they're friends or co-workers tell them to give me a call?. I'll be happy to help them as well.
Remember, a recent study found that over 52% of the families in the U.S. and Canada have some legal issue in their life RIGHT NOW and could benefit from the advice of an attorney. That doesn't mean these families are in trouble with the law, or that it's even a negative issue. It simply means that with some legal advice, they could make a better, more informed, financial, business, or personal decision for something affecting their lives right now.
I hope by now you have a current Will in place. Did you also get your Power of Attorney documents? If you were in an accident, who will advise the doctors if you can't personally tell them your wishes? Would your family (or other designated person) be able to handle matters for you? Do you know ?legally ? for sure?
Are you or your friends/co-workers about to buy a car or a home, or make any other expensive? If there's a contract involved, was it written by the other party's attorney, or perhaps an 'off the shelf' document? What does all that fine print and legal talk mean, anyway?
Here are some other ways you might use your membership:
Are you starting a new job, or have just been laid off?
Is there a discrepancy on your credit report? Do you know how to get that resolved?
Do you have any questions about child support?
Are you adopting a child, writing a book, recording a music album, or anything else for which you could use legal advice? Do you understand your rights and responsibilities in the matter?
Do you just want to know your rights on some matter?
These are just a few of the many issues that Pre-Paid Legal members call our attorneys about. I hope you are calling your attorneys as well!
Member Success Story
A member's children were playing with the water hose and thoroughly doused mom's car.
The next morning the car wouldn't start. They towed it to the shop for a diagnosis -- wet wires! It sat overnight at the shop so the wires could dry out.
The next day they were charged 5 hours of labor at $65! When they protested the $325 charge they were told to pay it or leave the car.
Their Provider Attorney wrote a letter on their behalf to the shop, stating they were willing to pay a reasonable diagnostic fee but that no other work was done. They'd received no estimate and what they were charging was, in that state, contract fraud.
The shop sent a check for $325 to the attorneys. Because the consultation and letter were part of the membership, there were no attorneys' fees -- the members received the full amount of the check.
How to present Legal Plan to Employers... I read sometime back that Einstein spent his whole life trying to find a unifying theory for the universe and I really think ADRS isn't just a product, it is a solution that unifies many of the problems I've faced as a group producer for the last 11 years. Just to give you a few examples:
1. It is a great door opener because its always been a problem getting in front of business owners and helping them to see the need to meet with us and it provides us with a reason to meet with the top executive, not someone way down the food chain.
2. Instead of fostering fear, it produces common ground because we let them know this is something that we were concerned about as a company. That was the reason it was developed.
3. It works toward establishing a relationship of a consultant instead of a salesman. That is something that Rob Vest emphasizes in his trainings.
4. The employers approval results in something that is the dream of all group people - mandatory meetings with the employees.
5. For the first time in 11 years, it makes meetings with large groups attractive. In the past, you could sign a big group up and you could get a gold card but getting in front of their employees was another issue.
6. It is a great way of servicing existing accounts. It adds some value in the eyes of the employer that they haven't thought about it in a long time. This is especially great for me because I have a large number of companies that I service
So, to get in front of businesses I simply call them on the phone. In introducing myself I tell them I'm an Independent Associate and a Group Security Specialist for PPL. I ask, "Are you familiar with our company," and regardless of what they say, I say, "Well, we offer an employee benefit for Identity Theft services and Life Event LegalPlan but that's not why I'm calling." That makes them listen. I then mention that because our company is publicly traded, we have to keep a tremendous amount of information on our 1.5 million employees and their families. Therefore, we have concern about what we hear in the news lately about data breaches, identity theft at work sites, multi-million dollar class action lawsuits and the potential Federal fines associated with data breaches. And so we spent a tremendous amount of money building an Affirmative Defense Response System to cope with the new liabilities associated with this growing problem.
I then explain that our company has decided to share this program on a no fee basis to our clients so they can potentially reduce their risk in the types of situations I just mentioned.
I then tell them, "What I'd like to do is schedule an appointment to come by and show you how our program can educate you about the potential liability your company faces. I would then like to help you develop a program that may reduce your company's risk in regard to hundreds of thousands of dollars and possibly millions of dollars in liability."
When I get to an owner, an executive of a company there hasn't been anyone that doesn't want to hear what it is if there is a no fee basis.
A lot of them want to know what is in it for you? Why would you offer this to their company at no cost? I just laugh and say, "Well, we are not a non-profit company. There is a missionary aspect to our program. We know that statistically about 85% of your employees will participate in our voluntary benefit. That's how we are remunerated but the program is not fee based to you." I mention it just takes a few moments to show them the program.
What I think is very important in the experience I've already had, is that it is important not to over stress the training we're going to do with the employees. I explain to the employer that we are going to start them out on a road by offering the employees “IDT-101” at these meetings.
I tell them that we'll get them some documents that will form a foundation to help continue this program into the future. But I let them know that in the 1st meeting I can do a very basic “CYA – cover your assets” in about 22 minutes.
I tell them in that, I'll cover the “IDT-101”, just give their employees a basic awareness of this problem. I'll get their acknowledgment document signed. Then I tell them I'll show them the new suite of products that's designed to protect them and their families.
I would prefer more time but I let him determine how much or how detailed this orientation is going to be because it is his time, his employees and definitely his money.
With the employees, I really conduct two meetings. The first half is for the employer mitigating his liability and the second half of the meeting is for our company and his company enrolling his employees in our benefits. Then I think it is important at this point of the meeting to be unchanged from our usual method of closing most of the employees present at a group. As you can, tell I'm excited about this solution to a lot of problems we've had in the group business. |
