Your Legal Plan
Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc. (HLP) has been selected to provide Legal Plan benefits. The services are provided through a panel of carefully selected participating law firms. Lawyers in this network are called plan attorneys.
Your participation in the plan entitles you to certain legal services, outlined in the MetLaw SPD. All legal matters are treated confidentially — DallasNews Corporation will know nothing about your legal problems or the services you use under the plan.
This is a voluntary benefit. You pay the cost of the plan through after-tax payroll deductions.
For specific group legal plan details, please refer to the separate MetLaw Summary Plan Description (SPD) posted in the left navigation. For more information, you should review the insurance policy, which is available from the DallasNews Corporation Benefits Department.
When Legal Coverage Begins and Ends
When Coverage Begins
When you first join the company, your Legal Plan coverage begins on the first of the month after you have submitted a properly completed enrollment form, provided you enroll within 90 days of your eligibility period.
When Coverage Ends
If you are no longer eligible to participate in the plan or your employment with DallasNews Corporation ends, the plan will cover the legal fees for those covered services that were opened and pending during the period you were enrolled in the plan. Of course, no new matters may be started after you become ineligible.
Generally, coverage under DallasNews Corporation’s Legal Plan for you and your eligible dependents ends when you:
Terminate employment with DallasNews Corporation (effective at the end of the month you terminate or, through special arrangement and payment, through the end of the calendar year you terminate)
Cancel or drop coverage
Stop making any payments for coverage
Die
Coverage also ends if the plan is terminated, your employer stops participating in the plan or the plan is amended to terminate coverage for a group or class of individuals that includes you.
How the Legal Plan Works
Enrolling in the Plan
During our annual enrollment period, you can change or update your benefits selection. An eligible employee may choose to join or drop out of the plan at that time.
If you become an eligible employee after the annual enrollment period, you can elect to participate in the Legal Plan by completing your election form within 90 days of employment or of becoming newly eligible.
The plan has a minimum participation period of one year, and you must maintain the coverage for the entire year.
How to Enter MetLife’s MyBenefits Site |
From www.metlife.com/mybenefits, input your company name. The next screen will give the company’s official name. If it is correct, click Submit. If already registered, sign in by entering your Social Security number and ZIP code. Then click Group Legal Services. If this is your first time using the site, click Register Now. You’ll be prompted to enter your name, Social Security number, date of birth and e-mail address. The next screen will ask you to verify information. You will then be prompted to create a user name and password. This allows you to enter the MyBenefits site. Click Group Legal Services. If you have any questions regarding site navigation, call (877) 9METWEB. |
If you are having any kind of problem, please call Hyatt Legal Plans at 800-821-6400. A Hyatt Legal Plans representative will help you solve the problem.