Wondering why your communication isn’t more effective in helping workers make better financial decisions? Or what you can do differently to encourage employees to improve their retirement security? This National… Read more >
Brenda Hofmann
March 20, 2018
401(k) Plans, Behavioral Decision Making, Communication, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, National Employee Benefits Daybehavioral economics, financial wellness, National Employee Benefits Day, retirement security
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The U.S. Senate and House have passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. President Trump is expected to sign the tax reform bill into law soon. How would employee benefits… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
December 21, 2017
401(k) Plans, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, FMLA, Health Care, Paid Leave, Parental Leave
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One of the great tools available to employers is automatic enrollment to increase participation in the 401(k) plan. The Pension Protection Act (PPA) was signed in 2006, encouraging employers to… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
November 20, 2017
401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Retirementautomatic enrollment
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Employee benefits professionals scoured the House Republicans’ proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with some trepidation after its release on November 2, 2017. While many were relieved to find no… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
November 9, 2017
401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Legislative, Pensions, Regulatory
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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something . . . that I know we’re going to forget! Checklists upon checklists accompany the big day, and I can relate. So can… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
October 18, 2017
401(k) Plans, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Insurance, Retirement
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Considering loan options for your 401(k) plan but concerned about the potential consequences? Here are five plan design ideas for plan sponsors who want to allow employees to borrow against… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
July 26, 2017
401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Retirement
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Many 401(k) plans allow participants to take out loans from their individual 401(k) account—While loan options provide flexibility for those tentative to contribute to 401(k) accounts, the option to borrow… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
May 30, 2017
401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Retirement
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As I was writing the short blog you can’t wait to read below, I couldn’t help but think of the classic phrase, “The shoemaker’s children always go without shoes.” You’ll… Read more >
Anne Patterson
August 11, 2016
401(k) Plans, Canada, Communication, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness
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On April 6, after years of work, comments, hearings, discussions and more work, the U.S. Department of Labor released a final rule clarifying the term “fiduciary” as it relates to… Read more >
Julie Stich, CEBS
June 29, 2016
401(k) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Regulatory, Retirementconflict of interest, fiduciary rule
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In the early years of the shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) plans, most attention was directed at saving for retirement. Today, there is a growing realization… Read more >
Pat Bonner, Ph.D., CEBS
June 9, 2016
401(k) Plans, Canada, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Retirement
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