KHSC Newsletter Articles
Unemployment Identity Theft: Protection and Restoration Services

IdentityTheft (April 2021) – Rachael Lawton, Lawton Benefits Group

In the past year, human resource staff at Kansas hospitals have had to deal with a number of new activities including tracking payments for Employee Retention Credits and Payroll Protection Program loan forgiveness. Some hospitals have also provided various forms of additional leave time or sharing of leave time among staff members. Added to that was the fact that many hospital employees also became victims of identity theft through fraudulent unemployment claims. They often turned to their HR professionals for help.

Luckily, many hospitals had already put into place programs to assist employees with identity theft. Programs such as the IDShield program offered through Lawton Benefits Group help employees handle these identity theft issues in a timely manner.

A recent study indicated 39 percent of U.S. companies are currently offering identity protection or legal services benefits at their workplace, with many more considering adding those services to their benefits package. If your hospital is not offering LegalShield or IDShield to your employees, please consider contacting Rachael Lawton at (651) 353-6568 to discuss how this affordable benefit can be easily implemented for your staff team.