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Tag: Retirement Benefits


Development & Evaluation, Employee retention

DOL Seeks Comment on SECURE 2.0 Reporting, Disclosure Changes

August 14, 2023

Via: SHRM

The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking public feedback on a variety of SECURE Act 2.0 provisions. The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the request in the Federal Register on Aug. 11. Specifically, it is looking for comment […]


Development & Evaluation, Engagement

How to Create Effective Employment Offer Letters

June 20, 2022

Via: HR Hero

Good news! During these times of challenging recruitment, a viable applicant seems interested in your business. What’s the next step to set the hook? A job offer letter serves many purposes. It should enhance the candidate’s interest in the opening […]


Research

Agencies Seek Input on Form 5500 Revisions for 401(k) Pooled Plans

September 20, 2021

Via: SHRM

Federal agencies are seeking public comments on proposed revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report filed by private-sector employee benefit plans to comply with statutory changes under the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which became law […]


Development & Evaluation, Engagement

Recruiting with a Well-Balanced Benefit Offering

May 28, 2021

Via: HR Hero

When job candidates consider which position is best for them, benefits can be the factor that tips them from one company to another. As an indirect form of compensation, benefits fuel their quality of life. The responsibility of any good […]


News

Final Rule Allows Small Employers to Band Together to Offer Retirement Benefits

August 12, 2019

Via: HR Hero

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule making it easier for small businesses to offer retirement benefits jointly through Association Retirement Plans (ARPs). About 38 million private-sector employees in the United States do not have access to […]


Research, Software

As the workforce ages, phased retirement grows

July 10, 2019

Via: HR Dive

At every stage of the traditional career path, employees are shifting expectations of when and where they work, how their performance is managed and how they are compensated. It shouldn’t be a surprise that expectations about retirement are changing, too. […]


Research, Software

Study: Young workers plan to retire at a younger age

March 28, 2019

Via: HR Dive

Helping employees prepare for retirement in today’s multigenerational workplace is challenging, for workers and employees alike. HR managers want to avoid the “brain drain” created after experienced workers retire with their knowledge. If younger workers are not provided upward career […]


News

Connecticut to Implement Mandatory IRA Program

November 7, 2018

Via: SHRM

Сonnecticut announced that in January 2019 it will begin requiring private-sector employers without their own workplace-based retirement plans to enroll employees in individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) sponsored by the state. The requirement stems from legislation enacted in 2016 that is […]


Research, Software

The History of Retirement Benefits

June 21, 2016

Via: Workforce

Our retirement is not our parents’ retirement. For many American employees in their generation, a good job meant access to a secure retirement income they could not outlive. Employers took center stage, assuming most of the financial risk of funding […]