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Attorney rates can range on average from $200-300 per hour. Just a few hours with an attorney can cost hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars. It’s critical that people resolve their legal issues, yet it can be quite costly to do so. Imagine if you could offer your employees the most affordable way to resolve their legal issues. Well, you can…by adding the Texas Legal Protection Plan to your employee benefits package.

According to the American Psychological Association (APA):

One in four workers has taken a mental health day off from work to cope with stress.
73% of Americans name money as the number one factor that affects their stress level.

According to the SHRM 2009 Benefits Survey:

Because of the recent economic events, 46% of employees are taking a greater interest in understanding the benefits they receive through the workplace. With employees now paying more attention to these benefits, there is an opportunity for organizations to help a more engaged workforce fully understand all of their options and the true value of their benefits package.

Employees consistently rate benefits as one of the key factors in employee job satisfaction. It is important for an employee benefits package to be attractive to both current and prospective employees as well as cost-effective, especially in this economic downturn.

The legal needs of your employees, affiliates and/or members may vary and could range from needing simple advice to assistance with estate planning, help with identity theft, adoption, consumer protection, juvenile matters, civil or criminal defense, even representation in arbitration, mediation and trial. Regardless of the legal need, legal matters can be stressful, distracting, time consuming and costly. Adding TLPP to your employee benefits package allows your employees to get the legal help they need and deserve while shielding them from the legal fees they can’t afford.

More than 80% of employees agree they do not seek the advice of lawyers because they have no way of knowing which lawyer is competent to handle their legal matter. Furthermore, many employees that are faced with legal issues do not seek legal help because they are worried about the expense. Give your employees the peace of mind that comes with a TLPP membership.

TLPP works very closely with the State Bar of Texas in an effort to ensure that all Texans have access to the legal system.

TLPP provides freedom of choice, whereby the participant or member may seek legal services from a participating attorney or elect to hire a non-participating attorney.
Members have direct access to the attorney and their legal issues remain confidential.
Finally, there are no deductibles, co-pays or waiting periods (with the exception of divorce and modification benefit, where a State issued, standard residency waiting period of 6 months applies. Regardless of how often a member utilizes the Plan’s benefits, the membership rates will not increase.

Why is it important to offer a legal program to my staff?

Human Resources professional understand that employee benefits are an important recruitment and rentention tool. Having a diverse and dynamic benefits package helps an organization maintain a professional and dedicated staff. Additionally, legal matters can be stressful, emotional, distracting and expensive. Giving your staff the opportunity to mitigate these legal symptoms will help to keep your staff at work and focused.

There are other legal plans out there. How do they differ from TLPP?

Other legal plans operate on a for-profit, sales quota basis. As a result, these plans generally cost significantly more as they have shareholders to pay and costly overhead to manage.
Virtually all other plans have co-pays and deductibles as well as lengthy waiting periods and additional fees .
Many of these legal plans have extensive waiting periods that must be satisfied before the benefits can be utilized or additional fees are required to access other benefits.
Most of these plans merely offer an initial discount on legal fees or are a lawyer referral program.
They assign you to an attorney of their choosing. Often, the attorney assigned is located in another state and only handles legal matters via email, fax and telephone, rather than giving the option of face-to-face meetings.
TLPP is the ONLY legal benefit plan that was created by a State Bar Association and a legislative body.
TLPP administers the plan directly, handles all enrollment and benefits meetings and provides dedicated member support.
TLPP is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive legal benefit program in the State of Texas.

Did you know…

-Employers can add TLPP to employee benefit packages for FREE

-TLPP can be set up as a payroll deduction or monthly bank draft

-TLPP schedules FREE Lunch N Learns, membership visits, legal clinics and webinars for members