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Automatic enrollment of eligible employees in the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program is closer to being put in place.
Sen. Sharon Moriwaki (D-Waikiki) introduced SB2553 on Jan. 19, 2024. Under the bill, employees would no longer be required to opt in to participate in the Hawaii Retirement Savings...
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Director Gordon Hartogensis defended PBGC actions and said that it is “providing crucial pension relief” in a March 20 appearance before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
The subcommittee, part of the House Education and...
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The “Baby Boom” is still having an impact on the workplace despite its advancing age, with an increasing number from that generation staying in the workforce longer than the “normal” retirement age. And that has implications for employers, retirement saving, and retirement plans.
Extended Tour of...
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It’s been several years since the pandemic began, and its impact is still felt, as many Americans now opt for a non-traditional approach to retirement.
According to Fidelity Investments, 66% of respondents say the pandemic made them more “intentional” about focusing on their personal passions and...
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Millennials are defining retirement by financial independence rather than age.
According to a recent survey, over half say retirement is defined not by age 65 but by financial independence where they can indulge their lifestyles without relying on traditional employment.
When asked if they see...
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Amid St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, I’m reminded of a trip my younger brother and I made with my grandparents to the Great Smoky Mountains.
Now, my grandparents had made many trips to that area, but it was a new experience for me and my brother. To this day I remember a hotel that had a pool...
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The Illinois Senate may vote soon on a bill that would require school districts in the Land of Lincoln that offer their employees a 403(b) plan to enter into a contract with only one vendor in the plan.
On Feb. 14, 2024, Sen. Karina Villa (D-West Chicago) introduced language for SB2568 stating...
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) on March 12 issued the interest assumptions under the asset allocation regulation for plans with valuation dates in the second quarter of 2024.
The assumptions are contained in a final rule that amends the PBGC’s regulation on Allocation of Assets in...
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Harkening back to the early days of the administration, President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget, once again, proposes significant tax increases on corporations and upper-income taxpayers, including a proposal to limit how much taxpayers are allowed to accumulate in their retirement plans. ...
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I’m not sure how old I was when I first saw “Night of the Living Dead”—but I have long been intrigued by stories of a zombie apocalypse—where mindless beings inexplicably rise from the dead, with no memory of their past, just a relentless (and apparently insatiable) hunger for…well, “us.”
That is...
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It wasn’t high costs or 401(k)s—necessarily—that ended the corporate pension plan’s reign, but rather ERISA itself.
A recent paper from John Langbein, Yale Law School’s Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History, argued that the 1974 landmark law’s structure made defined benefit (DB)...
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Add the Evergreen State to those that provide retirement plan coverage for private-sector employees whose employers do not. Well, soon.
"In the beginning of March, Washington joined the 15 other states that had previously adopted state auto-IRA language, to provide the best opportunity for small...
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While traditional and Roth IRAs play a key role in household balance sheets, representing 36% of household financial assets among those owning them, new research also reveals that rollover activity, which helps many Americans preserve their retirement savings, has fueled recent individual...
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Snow may have rained down in much of the country in abundance, but February was a hot month for private-sector pension plans, according to recent analyses. October Three, Wilshire and Aon report good news for private-sector DB plans in February.
How hot? In its report, Wilshire quotes Managing...
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Home and community-based services employees would be able to participate in Minnesota Secure Choice if a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives is enacted.
Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-40A) introduced HF 4248 on Feb. 26. The legislation would amend the law creating the Minnesota Secure...
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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued information about the updated thresholds for the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) for 2024.
The updated information is contained in an annual report the CRS issues concerning the WEP and the GPO. Both...
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The ink was barely dry on the denial of a motion to dismiss the suit, when American Airlines filed a motion of summary judgment, claiming that “there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the [movant] is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
Where We’ve Been
Participant-plaintiff (...
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Recently, we explored the reasons why small businesses DON’T offer a retirement plan to their workers. But there are quite different—and positive—reasons for choosing to do so.
The obstacles that keep most small businesses from offering a retirement plan to their workers are an assortment of...
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While employers strive to address employees’ evolving needs, the results of a new survey find a disconnect between compensation and benefit offerings and employee preferences.
Franklin Templeton’s Voice of the American Workplace Survey, now in its fourth year, finds that employee expectations are...
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Editor’s Note: This is part II of a two-part series. Part I is available here.
Generation Z is looking ahead and shows a healthy regard and respect for their financial future, long-term. Studies show that they have a strong interest in financial literacy, saving and employer-provided retirement...
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