Retirement benefits

The new Supreme Court Justice takes a disciplined, cautious approach and rejects expansive views of employment laws, explains lawyer Mark Phillips.

Employers need to help fix flawed plans by helping participants routinely consolidate their savings.

Employees have some simple but significant false ideas about their retirement plans. And employers need to do a better job addressing them during education sessions.

Democrats charge he favored corporations over working Americans as a federal appellate judge.

Experts predict that the new appointee will generally side with the four other conservative judges who most often favor a pro-business approach.

Among workers age 60 and older, 50% intend to wait to retire, or have no plans to retire at all,

Employees have some simple but significant false ideas about their retirement plans. And employers need to do a better job addressing them during education sessions.

Experts say fiduciaries can learn lessons from recent lawsuits so they don’t find themselves on the other end of a class action lawsuit.

Couples may choose a survivorship option when collecting pension benefits, although this could result in a lower monthly payment.

Couples may choose a survivorship option when collecting pension benefits, although this could result in a lower monthly payment.

A shifting workforce is putting a greater influence on how employers look at benefit offerings.

Three important things plan sponsors need to know about the DOL’s decision to push back the implementation date.

Workers who withdraw from their 401(k) plan lose about 25% in compounded growth.

I’ve never been a big tech-head, but talking to EBN’s Benefits Technology Innovators changed my attitude.

Workers who withdraw from their 401(k) plan lose about 25% in compounded growth.

Experts say fiduciaries can learn lessons from recent litigation so they don’t find themselves on the other end of a class action lawsuit.

Young advisers can diversify their services through better knowledge of the Medicare landscape and a stronger focus on HSAs.

Professors and other faculty want more information about Medicare, post-work healthcare costs, Social Security and investment options from plan sponsors.

Too many recordkeepers, complex contract structure, and a flood of investment options impede updates to best practices, warns John Ludwig.

Workers want more diversified options for how to spend money traditionally accumulated in workplace retirement accounts, a South African study by financial services group Alexander Forbes finds.