Retirement benefits

ADP TotalSource’s Maria Black shares three tips advisers can offer small business owners to get the most out of their programs, such as year-end incentives and job flexibility.

Firm targets younger employees and those without a traditional desk job with online, on-the-go application.

When employees change jobs and cash out their plan balance, they often do it over a period of years rather than all at once, according to Retirement Clearinghouse’s Spencer Williams.

ADP TotalSource’s Maria Black shares three tips advisers can offer small business owners to get the most out of their programs, such as year-end incentives and job flexibility.

The workplace plays a significant role in facilitating retirement savings, yet less than half of workers globally are offered a retirement plan with employer contributions, finds recent research.

Employees who expect to work longer are less healthy, more stressed and more likely to feel stuck in their jobs than those who expect to retire earlier, finds new data from Willis Towers Watson.

When launching a new 401(k) program, or revamping an existing one, employers have much to consider, including eligibility, waiting periods, employer matching, plan loans and automatic features.

Some 23% of Americans with jobs said they planned on being septuagenarian employees, up from 16% in 2009, according to recent research.

Industry organizations , including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, allege that the DOL encroached on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s territory and overstepped boundaries for regulating broker-dealers that were established by Congress.

Plan sponsors and fiduciaries face an alarming number of stable value fund and other class action lawsuits and need to assess plans accordingly, say attorneys at McDermott, Will & Emery.