With more than three million professional truck drivers on the road in the U.S., traffic citations are a normal part of doing business in the trucking industry. Violations do happen, but if a motor carrier manager assumes that every driver who is cited is guilty simply by virtue of having been cited, opportunities to correct Read the full article…
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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…
The Rising Concern of Identity Theft (and How to Protect Yourself)
“2016 will be remembered as a banner year for fraudsters, as numerous measures of identity fraud reached new heights.” ( USA Today) Unfortunately, 2017 will likely be remembered in the same way for multiple reasons. Here are just three of them. IRS Refunds Yes, the IRS is still dealing with identity theft issues where thieves find 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…
Importance of Clean Driving Records for Truckers
If you’re a professional driver or motor carrier, or you manage truck drivers for your company, you already know that one of a driver’s biggest assets is a clean record. In fact, a truck driver’s career depends upon it, as an article in TruckingTruth.com points out. More specifically, the writer shares the following: “I just can’t stress 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…
How Voluntary Benefits Help Small Businesses
Benefits, as business owners already know, play a key role in employee satisfaction, with one recent survey showing that half of employees who keep working at a company do so because of benefits. So, conversely, small business owners can lose their best employees when they don’t offer satisfactory benefits. Many small business owners would respond Read the full article…