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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) defines job stress as "the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when job requirements do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the employee.”
Using the NIOSH definition, employees can be placed under a great deal of stress by everyday life situations. This includes :
Actual costs per employee run about $798 per year, according to CCH, Inc. in their 2002 CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey. In fact, when the costs of stress-related illness is factored in, the cost of stress may be much higher than $300 billion. Newsweek magazine devoted considerable space to the impact of emotional stress in its cover feature “The New Sciences of Mind and Body” (Sept. 27, 2004). It shows much evidence that stress is correlated with heart disease (and many other medical problems) and that reducing stress can boost one’s immune system and help control diabetes. According to Newsweek, many experts find that 60-90 percent of all doctor visits are stress-related. The medical costs are indeed enormous!
It is very well documented that stress is a leading cause of costly employee turnover. A recent study shows that approximately 40 percent of job turnover is due to stress. But exactly what is stress, where does it come from, and how does that relate to employee legal needs?
The Causes of Stress
The employee needs to spend time (a limited resource) to deal with a life situation, but can't because their job requires them to spend that time at work. Most times the solution requires legal services, which requires the employee to spend even more time away from work.
The Cost of Stress
The cost of stress is staggering. The American Institute of Stress (AIS) puts it at $300 billion annually, which includes “accidents, absenteeism, employee turnover, diminished productivity, direct medical, legal, and insurance costs, workers' compensation awards as well as tort and FELA [Federal Employers’ Liability Act] judgments.”
Solving the Problem
Many ideas have been presented to lessen the impact of stress on the employee. Some have tried flex time, but found that flex time is not effective when there is much to learn on short notice (as legal matters require) or unforeseen issues arise (as happens in many life situations). Others have tried pre-paid legal plans or basic group legal services to reduce the cost of legal services, but again found the results lacking because legal issues require so much time on short notice. What is really needed is a truly comprehensive group legal plan combined with the personalized assistance of an expert trained to help the employees navigate more easily in the increasingly complex legal industry. A good example of this type of assistance is found in the Legal Access Plans' unique Personalized Assistance Specialist (PAS). The PAS help employees select the best attorney for their case, ask their attorney the right questions, and perform other tasks pertinent to an individual employee's case.
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