Employers prioritizing financial wellness, retirement readiness
Companies are beginning to shift resources toward benefit adequacy as worries mount about employees’ ability to prepare for life after work.
Retirement readiness
Can pets help boost retirement savings?
A MassMutual marketing campaign promotes 401(k) savings with pictures of cats and dogs.
Benefits Think How to help your 401(k) participants make better investment decisions
Employees have many destructive behaviors when it comes to their finances. Here’s how employers can help stop them.
Robert C. Lawton
Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants
These young savers have big fat 401(k)s
Given millennials’ rep for job hopping and stock shunning, here’s a striking statistic.
How not to die hungry: Turn your 401(k) into a pension
Company after company has repudiated traditional pensions, pushing younger workers into 401(k)-style retirement plans. For diligent savers, a 401(k) can accumulate a big balance, but when the time comes to start using it, things will get a lot more complicated than it was for their parents.
Employers urged to tap automatic 401(k)s
There’s a wide disconnect between retirement plan participants and their retirement goals, and that is affecting how employees understand and interact with plans, according to new research.
Plan sponsors getting through to millennials on retirement
When addressing plans for life and finances after work, employers should focus their message to specific age groups, OneAmerica research suggests.
Are employers finally embracing public exchanges?
More than half are optimistic that the marketplaces will be an alternative to coverage they now offer their pre-Medicare-eligible retirees by 2018.
Are employers finally embracing public exchanges?
More than half are optimistic that the marketplaces will be an alternative to coverage they now offer their pre-Medicare-eligible retirees by 2018.
Benefits Think Federal action is essential to maximize access to retirement plans
Lawmakers have a responsibility to craft legislation and regulations that will help employers of all sizes, says State Street Global Advisors’ Melissa Kahn.
Melissa Kahn
State Street Global Advisors
Retirement scan: 401(k) tips for young employees
Why timing is so important for college graduates when making contributions to their employers' 401(k) plans.
Retirement scan: 401(k) tips for young employees
Why timing is so important for college graduates when making contributions to their employers' 401(k) plans.
Workers sue employers over 401(k) expenses: Retirement Scan
Even index funds don’t necessarily escape workers' scrutiny when looking for unnecessary costs.
Golden years redefined as older Americans buck trend and work
A rising share of Americans is holding jobs into their golden years, bucking the overall trend of people leaving the labor force.
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Lisa Du
Workers sue employers over 401(k) expenses: Retirement Scan
Even index funds don’t necessarily escape workers' scrutiny when looking for unnecessary costs.
Benefits Think Federal action is essential to maximize access to retirement plans
Lawmakers have a responsibility to craft legislation and regulations that will help employers of all sizes, says State Street Global Advisors’ Melissa Kahn.
Melissa Kahn
State Street Global Advisors
What women want in a retirement plan
Men and women approach retirement planning in opposite ways, and benefit managers need to change the way they advise female staffers.
How a prep school readied its staff for retirement
In a tough economic climate, Baltimore’s Gilman School went the extra mile to prepare its employees for retirement and buying a first home.
Now employees can check their 401(k)s on their Apple Watch
A number of savings apps for the Apple Watch are rolling out to help workers more easily manage retirement plans.
Why employer 401(k) auto enrollment has stalled
While experts agree automatic 401(k) features will help workers' retirement readiness, employers still remain skeptical – with many chalking their concerns up to added plan costs.
