Provide employees with easy access to legal advice for these important moments in life. A legal plan can help you at any stage of life, at no cost to you. Our plan covers a wide range of different legal issues and there are no restrictions on how often you can use your plan. The plan also includes unlimited initial consultations with a lawyer, as long as it is not an excluded issue. Our organization (The Hyatt Organization) was founded in 1977 with the simple idea that legal services should be affordable and accessible. People agreed, and we became one of the largest law firms in the United States. Legal Resources is a legal protection plan or employee legal services plan offered as payroll deduction for employees. Just like health or dental insurance, Legal Resources has made your own law firm and lawyer affordable for all households. 2 MetLife survey of legal plan developers conducted in 2017. Our goal has always been to provide affordable, quality legal aid and to make it easier for you to get that help. We offer access to lawyers for all of the above issues and more for a low monthly fee with no waiting, deductibles, co-payments or claim forms if you use a network lawyer for a covered matter.
Our lawyers will guide you from start to finish, no matter how long it takes to resolve your issue. Yes, we can adjust legal regimes for groups of 3,000 or more eligible employees. Our first collective legal plan was sponsored by American Express, Deere and PepsiCo – companies we are proud of and that still involve us today in the performance of their employees. MetLife Legal Plans assigns your business an experienced account manager under the supervision of the Director of Plan Administration. The role of the account manager is to assist your business with employee training and communication, payroll and enrollment transfer, and ongoing plan management. Our account managers have extensive experience in assisting and assisting in the implementation and maintenance of legal plans. Members can speak to our network lawyers in person, by phone or online at our electronic panel® of law firms – whichever works best. And for some legal matters, a lawyer can represent a member in court without him appearing. Our nationwide network of over 18,000 pre-qualified and experienced lawyers means your employees have a close lawyer to help you with your legal affairs. Tom and Linda hadn`t given much thought to the importance of legal coverage until one of their children was involved in an unexpected accident.
MetLife Legal Plans is the market leader in group legal plans, serving more than 3,000 organizations. This includes more than 200 Fortune 500 companies®, all major accounting firms, and the world`s largest consulting firms. We have an excellent track record of serving our sponsors and their employees. According to a recent survey of our legal plan sponsors, 99% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the legal plan, and 93% said the legal plan was very manageable.2 Initial enrolment rates range from 6% to 8% on average. You will find that the number of registrations increases each year as satisfied employees discuss the value of the legal plan with their peers. Our lawyers provide comprehensive legal assistance – from advice to drafting or reviewing documents to representation before the courts, if necessary, for many legal matters. Legal Resources is designed to protect our members and their families from the high cost of legal fees. For life`s most common legal affairs, our members do not pay legal fees with their legal resource plan. Whether you are single or have a family, you can relax, you are covered. 80% of employers said that one of the key benefits of a legal regime is access to high-quality legal services.1 MetLife Legal Plans provides employees with easy-to-use, cost-effective legal services at no cost to your business. With a legal plan, you can add real value to your benefits plan by giving employees access to lawyers for many common legal issues they face, from starting a family to buying a home to caring for aging parents.
Our over 40 years of experience in providing legal benefits to businesses of all sizes translates into an easy benefits experience with a team you can trust. We make the legal plan an easy-to-implement benefit that is also easy to use for employees, with no wait times, usage restrictions, co-payments or application forms. We are MetLife Legal Plans, formerly Hyatt Legal Plans, the nation`s largest provider of legal benefits, at your service. If an employee uses a network lawyer for the covered services, all attorney fees are covered by the legal plan. Advice and advice on an unlimited number of personal legal matters is also included. When an employee registers legally, they have a lawyer by their side for only a few cents a day. Payments are made conveniently and easily through payroll deductions. Our goals have not changed since 1977. Through our plan, employees get legal help for a lawyer, anywhere, anytime for about $20 a month. In addition, employers get a benefit that appeals to future employees while improving the lives of their current workforce, all at little or no cost. Life is full of times when you may need legal help.
From exciting times like buying a home to less exciting times like a speeding ticket, we`re making legal aid for life`s big moments affordable, accessible and easy. We became Hyatt Legal Plans in 1990 and were acquired by MetLife in 1997, where we have been operating ever since. We now provide services to more than 3,000 organizations and nearly 5 million people. We provide standard communication equipment free of charge. We print the documents and send them to the sponsor for distribution to employees. We are also happy to help the sponsor create a link from their intranet to our website. Our price does not include the cost of home mailings. Are you ready to offer this plan to your employees? Request a quote Employees can meet in person, discuss issues by phone or email, or complete estate planning online with our digital estate planning solution. Claire Godlewski, Assistant Vice President of Operations and Regional Market Administration, joined MetLife Legal Plans in 2002. Prior to her current role in 2015, she held positions responsible for the regional market, MetLife and Mercer platform, national accounts, and was a supervisor in the administration of large groups. Claire graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Business Administration.