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I have done a lot of 401(k) plan participant education sessions over the years. As a result, I may know your 401(k) plan participants better than you do (without ever having met them!). That's because I've found that most 401(k) retirement plans have four participant investor groups. These groups are: core-funds investors, index-funds investors, specialty-funds investors and target-date funds investors.
With economic indicators showing the nation clearly is a damsel in distress, employers might be looking for a good cowboy to ride in to the rescue. Luckily, many of you have come to the right place.
When I ask him what he wanted to be when he grew up, David Kasiarz, senior vice president of global compensation and benefits at American Express, replies without hesitation, "a pediatrician."
The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association has issued a report calling on employers to limit leakage from 401(k) plans, "Plug the Drain: 401(k) Leakage and the Impact on Retirement."
Next month, us EBNers will cut the ribbon on our new office nap room. We are very excited about this, however, other than four walls and darkness, were kind of clueless about what to put in our nap room to make it the very best it can be.
U.S. retirement programs could look different if a grand deficit-cutting bargain is struck in upcoming negotiations.
Hospital employees spend 10% more on health care, consume more medical services, and are generally sicker than the rest of the U.S. workforce, according to a study released on Monday.
A new survey from WorldatWork reveals that although 80% of employers around the globe say they support family-friendly workplaces, employee respondents report that when they took advantage of work-life programs, they experienced negative repercussions.
In a poll of telecommuters, Staples Advantage found that 86% of telecommuters say they are more productive in their home office. In addition, people who work from home are heappier, healthier, more loyal and better balanced than their cubicle-bound counterparts.
Twitter is brimming with inspiring tweets to inform and entertain the HR professional. EBN found four tweeters who consistently deliver benefits and HR advice to their followers. Whether their focus is on social media or health care, their style insightful or witty, we recommend you follow these thought leaders on twitter. Of course, follow @EBNmagazine and our list of editors for more breaking news and hot topic tweets.
Ever since the financial collapse of 2008, the corporate mantra has been Do more with less. Now, new survey results show that employers can get more work out of employees, without even boosting base pay.
In a recent survey, when Penn Mutual calculated the actual median value of services, a womens contribution to the home was $34,256 and mens was $19,322. In addition, men were 9% more likely to overestimate their contribution by $30,000 or more, while 36% of women underestimated their value by at least $30,000.
Pension funds in developed economies are facing a new crisis as falling equities and tumbling bond yields widen their deficits, threatening the incomes and retirement dates of future retirees.
As President Obama prepares to unveil his new job-creation plan Thursday night, he doesnt exactly have the strongest lead-in. Last weeks jobs report revealed the economy added zero jobs last month, leaving unemployment at 9.1%. The report also showed unemployment is particularly high among young Americans (age 18-24) an eye-popping 16.4%.
Every year for the past five years, WorldatWork's Alliance for Work-Life Progress honors work-life thought leadership, best practices and innovation through its Work-Life Rising Star Recognition Award. Meet this year's winners and find out how to nominate someone for next year's awards.
In the digital age of talking via tweet, the term social networks now makes people think of Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. However, according to Dr. Larry Miller, president and CEO of Activate Networks, flesh-and-blood social networks are just as critical, if not more important, than those relationships forged in cyberspace.
Whaddaya know? All this time, I thought it was just retirement plan participants who didn't understand the fees they were paying. Turns out, according to a recent Spectrem Group study, plan sponsors don't understand plan fees all that well either – only 45% of plan sponsors fully understand their retirement plan fees, according to the report that evaluated some 600 plan sponsors with assets under management of $10 million to $200 million.
Most target-date funds are not as diversified as they could be, and particularly as they increase in popularity in 401(k) plans, their design needs to be revisited, according to Folio Investing.
This article is part of EBN's year-long BeneFIT Success series, which chronicles employers and employees in their individual and organizational wellness triumphs. All articles in the series are available at ebn.benefitnews.com, keywords "benefit success series." Learn more about how to submit your company as a candidate for the series at the end of this article.
In July, I wrote a post on EBN's blog, the Daily Diversion, remarking on the powerful simplicity of haikus and challenging readers to write in similarly simplistic terms what being a benefits professional means to them.