Paula Aven Gladych

The regulation enacted in June spurred employers to update their plan design and investment menus and some are even shopping for new advisers.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is waiving penalties and extending pension premium deadlines in response the disaster in Texas.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is waiving penalties and extending pension premium deadlines in response the disaster in Texas.

The regulation enacted in June spurred plan sponsors to update their plan design and investment menus and some are even shopping for new plan advisers.

Employers need to help their workers understand and prepare for additional medical charges when they stop working.

Employers need to help their workers understand and prepare for additional medical charges when they stop working.

Women are spending fewer years being married, new research finds, a change that “has significant implications for financial planning.”

Plan sponsors must continue to offer automatic plan features and do a better job of vetting target-date funds.

Plan sponsors must continue to offer automatic plan features and do a better job of vetting target-date funds.

Companies need to do a better job of offering opportunities, such as flexible work arrangements, to employees who want to stay on the job longer.

Companies need to do a better job of offering opportunities, such as flexible work arrangements, to employees who want to stay on the job longer.

Young savers from decades past focused more on company stocks compared to their counterparts of today.

Young savers from decades past focused more on company stocks compared to their counterparts of today.

More younger workers are prioritizing saving for their post-work years and contributing as much as they can to their 401(k)s — and making sacrifices to do so.

More younger workers are prioritizing saving for their post-work years and contributing as much as they can to their 401(k)s — and making sacrifices to do so.

Giving employees the right tools and advice can help to address the retirement savings gap, Mercer says.

Giving employees the right tools and advice can help to address the retirement savings gap, Mercer says.

Factors such as increased longevity, income inequality and pension-fund shortfalls have caused Americans to be in a worse position for their post-work years.

The Kentucky firm wants plan sponsors and participants to better understand their retirement options.