Retirement income

The company will increase the minimum contribution to its defined benefit pension plan, auto-enroll its 401(k) plan participants and offer employer-paid legal services.

To help employees secure their financial futures, firms should consider their benefits package, worker needs and education efforts.

Plan sponsors should keep in mind that while the coverage isn’t legally required, it’s needed protection if breach accusations occur.

Employees who intend to invest in an IRA and make the most of the account should determine which of a Roth and a traditional IRA will best suit their needs.

Plan sponsors are stepping up efforts to help employees save for retirement by adding in automatic features and offering higher matching contributions.

Working seniors who intend to start collecting Social Security benefits in the middle of the year should know about the monthly earnings test.

Employers including Amazon, Target and Wells Fargo have some of the best and most lucrative retirement benefits, according to Glassdoor research.

To help employees secure their financial futures, firms should consider their benefits package, worker needs and education efforts.

The Insured Retirement Institute is urging Congress to enact a host of policies that it says will boost retirement security.

Employees can simplify their retirement portfolio by merging multiple accounts.

Clients should embrace auto-enrollment, automatically increase employee contributions each year and continually educate workers about 401(k) benefits.

The Florida Education Association is urging the state body that manages pension funds for its members to sell its holdings in companies that make a semi-automatic rifle.

The new tax law has extended the grace period for outstanding 401(k) loans made by workers who switch jobs, luring more participants to borrow from their accounts, exposing them to greater risk.

Plan sponsors should limit the number of fund selections, provide more fixed income choices and offer index options.

– Airline pilots, still resentful over pensions yanked away in a wave of industry bankruptcies, see growing company profits as a chance to reclaim some of those lost benefits.

Taxation of retirement plan distributions and Social Security benefits remains unchanged under the new tax law, but retirees are likely to see an increase in after-tax income.

Industry insiders say smaller firms can benefit from deductions while still maintaining workplace retirement plans.

Workers who are looking for new investments may want to invest in small-cap dividend payers,

Raising the payroll tax is the easy way (in theory); here are other solutions for funding the Social Security shortfall.

Employers should embrace auto-enrollment, automatically increase employee contributions each year and continually educate workers about 401(k) benefits.