For Employers

Quality staff are very hard to come by and it is getting harder to recruit and retain talented employees.
The costs to business are huge and growing. A way of keeping your employees is by adding real value to them, by providing legal protection through an employee benefit scheme, or by salary sacrifice.

Consider the following:

• Will any of your employees buy or sell a house this year?
• Do any of your employees rent?
• Will simmering domestic disputes result in a need for legal counseling, and perhaps divorce?
• Do some of your employees have seniors in their family?
• Will questions about long term care and nursing home options arise?
  
• Will employees seek to lease or buy a car?

Personal problems can seriously impact on a business's overall performance and overall profitability.

These are common problems and your employees do have them. The problem often is that they do not know where to find the best legal advice or support - except to take a stab in the yellow pages or search the internet for a local referral service. A legal plan solves these problems.

One of the keys to being an employer of choice is to demonstrate employee worth by not just the money you pay them but how you treat and reward them in non-monetary ways. It is this that will set your company apart from others and ensure you stand a better chance of winning in the 'war for talent'.

As an employer, have you ever:

• Had an employee take time off work for a personal legal matter?
• Lost productivity because of an employee's loss of focus on the job?
• Had to deal with complicated administrative forms and deductibles with your employee benefits?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we may be able to help.

Legal Benefits make sense

It's a fact... Employees do not perform well when confronted with legal problems. If your receptionist is worrying about her son's arrest... your customer service representative is in a dispute with his landlord... or your top salesman is bickering with a car repair shop... they are not thinking about work.

Most  employees are  convinced they  can’t afford a lawyer and  often try to unsuccessfully  handle complex
problems on their own.  Others are  intimidated by the law or are simply unsure of how to find the right lawyer for their matter.

Whatever the  reason,  foregoing legal  help  leads  to damages far beyond the scope  of the original problem. The employees suffer  anxiety, frustration, and  financial loss.  At work,  this often leads  to  distractions, loss of productivity and reduced attendance, which has a direct impact on your business's  bottom line.

Seldom  do employees ask  for  a legal  benefit.  But when  you  ask  if  employees  have   specific   common problems  or needs that require legal  advice to resolve,  the answer is “Yes, i have that kind of problem.” They do not realise  that a legal plan provides  the service they need to address these problems. Employee legal cover can offer them peace of mind

Did you know...

• 7 out of 10 people experience a need for legal advice and support each year? Unfortunately many people put off getting help until it is too late because they either don't know where to turn or believe the cost is simply too high?
• Almost half of the employees who take time off work do so to deal with problems that are either legal or legal - related?
• The average person is more likely to find him or herself in court than in hospital, yet most people have health insurance, but nothing in place to assist with legal issues?

• Absenteeism.
• Reduced productivity.
• Increased operational costs.

• Are absent five times more than average.
• Use sick leave entitlements twice as often as the average employee.
• Experience substancial reduction in their productivity due to stress and worry.
• Contribute to increased overall operating costs.

With employees more than twice as likely to end up in some form of legal action (whether divorce, accident, civil or criminal related) than in hospital, there are immense benefits for employers in ensuring employees have appropriate access to legal services.

Pre-Paid Legal Services has developed an incredibly powerful employee benefit in the form of the Employee Legal Plan under it's innovative legal services membership plans. It is affordable and can be funded either by you as the employer or through direct payment or salary sacrifice by the employee. Employee legal cover makes good sense.

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