According to BenefitNews.com, employee stress is costing companies billions of dollars. Literally billions. In fact, more than 20 percent of workers spend more than five hours of on-the-clock time each and every week focusing on their worries—with an additional 50 percent of workers losing one to five hours of work productivity to stress weekly. So, Read the full article…
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How Voluntary Benefits Help Small Businesses
Small Business Week is being celebrated from May 5-11, 2019, and so we thought we’d share how voluntary benefits can help small businesses—in particular, how they can help these businesses compete for quality employees. Although recruiting and retaining good employees is a challenge for businesses of all sizes, the deeper pockets of larger companies can Read the full article…
Voluntary Employee Benefits Trends of 2018
According to an article on BenefitsPro.com titled On Trend: 9 Top Voluntary Benefits for 2018, legal plans are a desired voluntary benefit. The article notes how, at one time or another, most people need legal services, and legal plans provide “convenient, affordable and reliable legal consultation with a licensed attorney.” And, here’s a sentence worth Read the full article…
Employer Insurance Flexibility with Voluntary Benefits
Being a human resource professional isn’t always easy in 2018, in part because of the ongoing debate and ever-evolving expectations about the portion of employer insurance law associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With voluntary benefits, though (fortunately!), the situation is much different! Voluntary Benefits: A Breath of Fresh Air! When you offer your Read the full article…
Is Group Legal Worth It for People Without Legal Challenges?
Perhaps you’re trying to decide if your company should offer group legal benefits to your employees. You are convinced of the value of legal services when your employees are facing legal challenges, such as a divorce or a debate over the appropriate amount of child support, post-divorce. But what if your employees, for the most Read the full article…
Is a Group Legal Plan Worth It?
If your company is thinking about offering legal benefits to your employees, it’s natural to wonder if group legal plans are worthwhile. The short answer is that, if an employee has coverage and needs legal representation, then he or she will almost certainly answer with a resounding “yes.” And, if an employee has coverage but Read the full article…
Navigating Your Child Custody and Child Support Situation
Child Custody Options According to the American Bar Association, child custody refers to the “right and duty to care for a child on a day-to-day basis and to make major decisions about the child.” One type of arrangement is sole custody, in which one parent takes care of the child, at least most of the Read the full article…
Divorce-Related Stress: How it Affects People – and the Workplace
Divorce-related stress can occur for multiple reasons, according to Psychology Today, including “making the decision to keep the house or move; the loss of the familiar life and lifestyle; paying high attorney bills; [and] having less money to live on.” Additional reasons for stress include “wondering if the settlement will be fair; who will get what Read the full article…
Financial New Year’s Resolutions Can Come True
Happy New Year from all of us at U.S. Legal Services to all of you! It’s that time of year again – time to make New Year’s resolutions. According to StatisticBrain.com, approximately 45% of Americans regularly make them – and that includes people who own and/or manage businesses. Using data from December 2016 from the University Read the full article…
Voluntary Benefit Trends Reporting for 2017
“Although predicting the future is only an educated guess, one thing is certain,” reads an article about upcoming trends from BenefitsPro.com. “Voluntary benefits are here to stay … As a result, the quantity and quality of voluntary benefits will continue to grow.” Here are highlights of other trend predictions. Human resource professionals struggle to increase Read the full article…
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