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Legal Services can reduce abseentism

April is the cruelest month breeding and many folks in the service industry will agree with that line from T. S. Elliott. The early part of the year is tax season, and the accounting and finance offices of major companies are scrambling to crunch the figures. Accounting firms will prohibit the use of vacation, and other companies will insist the personal days not be used. It is because having everybody in their cubicle hard at work is needed at this time. Unfortunately, such restrictions don’t always stop absenteeism. People who are suddenly faced with domestic issues will call in sick in order to attend to private matters. A number of reasons for people not showing up can be legal emergencies, and a voluntary benefit which offers legal assistance can reduce the absenteeism figures.

Someone to Carry the Load

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Legal Assistance gets bureaucracy moving

Local government prides itself on being a servant of the people. The only difficulty is sometimes it can be a person’s worst nightmare. Bureaucracy has a bad habit of making the simplest things complicated. There can be forms and applications for house renovation, vendors licenses, and simple rights of ownership. Most of the paperwork is meant to make sure that no one is cheated, and the laws and city ordinances are obeyed. Still, it would be nice to cut through the red tape. Companies can help by providing a group legal plan that offers some important assistance.

A Forest of Rules

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All that can be done makes it appealing

Smart employers know the value of good benefits for the morale of employees. It is those little extras in the overall compensation package that make employees appreciate being part of a company. A benefit that can reduce outside anxiety and frustration is especially valued by the workforce. It is why a voluntary benefit plan for legal services is so worthwhile to have.

Important Help for All Legal Matters

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Calming Any Domestic Storm with Great Legal Service

Everyone wants to think of home as a safe and quiet refuge from the crazy world outside. It usually is, but the front door cannot always hold back issues from the outside. It is also possible that there are internal domestic problems that can go raging through the rooms. Legal matters can be extremely stressful and occupy a hard-working employee’s mind. Employers who want to really help will include in the corporate benefits package a voluntary benefit that covers legal services.

Stress Comes from All Directions

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Keeping ID information safe

A cashless economy is extremely convenient for people. Consumers really don’t enjoy carrying around large sums of money and debit and credit cards are a great convenience. The downside is the possibility of identity theft. Hackers have upped their game when it comes to larceny, knowing that a gold mine can be uncovered with the right code. These deeds are beginning to crack open a number of security walls. The results are reports in the media of numerous credit card identity thefts. People have a right to be nervous about this and try to find protection from such privacy invasions. Countrywide Pre-Paid Legal Services offers ID theft prevention and assistance as an added benefit to a group legal plan.

Time is critical

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Making sure a Warranty is Enforced

Warranties help sell products. It is that little extra bit of protection or assurance that convinces a buyer to make a purchase of an appliance that might be just a touch more than the budget can handle. The cost doesn’t matter because the warranty protects against damage that may occur over a given period of time. It just seems to be a very sensible thing for consumer to do. It is if the issuer honors the warranty. It is a sad state of affairs but there are occasions when a manufacturer or store refuses to honor the warranty which they sold. Additionally, they can claim that interpretation of the fine print of the warranty exempts them from any liability. This a major point of frustration for a lot of people and results in a number of angry calls. All of this can be put to a side if an employer has a group legal plan for the workforce.

Wordy Confusion

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Living Wills make the decisions easier

Most people live long healthy lives and face severe illness in the final days of old age. That scenario doesn’t always happen. An unexpected accident or medical emergency such as a stroke can throw a person into limbo. He or she may be stuck on life support systems that will keep a person alive, but strip individual of any quality of life. It is made much worse by an inability to communicate. The patient is in a coma and cannot give any instructions on what to do about medical care. This means that life is maintained only by the calibration of the support systems. Medical staff can do nothing but watch and wait. The same is true for the loved ones. A living will, which is one of the benefits of a good group legal plan, can bring this indefinite period of time to close.

The Instructions and the Wishes

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Handshakes are rarely used anymore to seal the deal. It is not because people have become untrustworthy, but agreements for services have become increasingly more complex. It is very important to have something in writing, especially if the parties to the agreement are at a distance from each other. It can happen that a person gets confused going through all of the clauses of the paper. Legal terminology is something that perplexes a lot of people and can cause undue hesitation. Voluntary benefit plans for legal services should include contract review services because it can often stop things from getting out of control.

The Wording Creates Concern

The concern arises from reading words that are not used in everyday speech. The language of a contract is very precise in the eyes of the law but the average person worries that there may be something hidden. The stress caused creates a great deal of anxiety that sometimes carries over to the work cubicle. The company that has a voluntary benefit plan with legal assistance provides something that will ease a very worried mind. Countrywide Pre-Paid Legal Services offers a group legal plan that allows for review of contracts and other legal documents. The attorneys who are part of the Countrywide legal network offer a review of legal documents up to six pages per document. Their experienced eyes can see the meaning behind the phrases and a plan member is advised of what certain sections mean. That is not the only service provided by a Countrywide voluntary benefit plan. We understand that a person may still have some questions, and that is why an unlimited number of telephone calls to the attorney on a given situation are allowed.

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Laws are enacted to both serve and protect citizens. There are benefits such as veterans hospitalization, help with energy bills, and physical disability intended to help those who are caught a disadvantage, and to make the quality of life better for them. There are also statutes that protect the consumer against fraudulent behavior and a tenant from environmental danger. The good that is intended is sometimes bound up in ropes of bureaucracy.

Government has its own way of doing things and can be a mystery to most people. There are requirements for evidence, procedures to be followed, and these must be done in a certain way for government to work effectively. Sometimes getting civil servants to move is like asking a glacier to speed it up. It can result in a number of telephone calls from a cubicle or time taken off from work to resolve matters. A group legal plan that can provide help in sorting through government forms is a great service.

Regulations Change without Warning

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Legal Services can protect a Tenant

Companies will relocate employees to branch offices or to corporate headquarters because of the expertise these people have. The transfer is ordinarily accepted because the employee knows how great the opportunities are being presented. There usually is no problem because relocation packages take care of the move and it all goes without a hitch. The problem arises when the employee settles into a rented house or apartment. While this doesn’t happen all the time, that employee may discover that the landlord is not trustworthy.

Taking Advantage of a Tenant

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