Retirement

Providing automatic savings accounts can keep employees from using retirement funds in a crisis.

Target-date funds can help risk-averse young workers ease into investing.

In addition to the new companies, the student loan benefit provider is making changes to its College SaveUp program for employees.

Providing automatic savings accounts can keep employees from using retirement funds in a crisis.

Employer-provided resources, including online retirement calculators, may lead employees to increase their annual contributions and improve spending habits.

Target-date funds can help risk-averse young workers ease into investing.

Several statewide attempts to close the nation’s savings gap may cross borders and serve as a precursor to a nationwide solution for expand retirement options.

"The world of Social Security is so different from the world of employer benefits," one benefits consultant says.

An employer’s ability to obtain an updated letter for an individually designed plan has been curtailed in recent years, after the IRS limited the program to only newly adopted or terminating plans.

Dual-income couples benefit less from Social Security.