“The well-known business argument for financial wellness programs is the payback of at least $3 for every $1 invested by increasing worker productivity and retention,” said Rebecca Sudano, senior vice… Read more >
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
November 17, 2020
Canada, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, U.S.financial education, financial wellness
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The retirement security of defined contribution (DC) plan members is greatly influenced by their saving and investment choices as well as the timing and performance of financial markets. But plan… Read more >
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
November 2, 2020
Canada, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Investments, Retirement, U.S.DC plans, retirement security
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About 31% of people in the United States have faced negative economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund. Those economic effects include… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
August 20, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, emergency savings, financial wellness
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Financial concerns—including potential job loss, income reduction, and gaps in retirement and emergency savings—were rampant among U.S. and Canadian workers even before COVID-19, but the economic challenges of this global… Read more >
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
June 2, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Financial Educationcoronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, financial wellness
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The number of organizations offering defined contribution (DC) retirement plans has held steady over the past two years (68.1%), making them the primary retirement vehicle for an increasing share of… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
September 10, 2019
401(k) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Retirementautomatic enrollment, DC plans, hardship withdrawals
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I was part of our organization’s wellness committee in the late ’90s. We were passionate about bringing our own approaches to healthy living to all of our co-workers through creative… Read more >
Ann Godsell, CEBS
August 28, 2019
Communication, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Health Care, Mental Health, Wellnessworkplace wellness
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Plan sponsors have long provided education on the magic of compound interest as a powerful force for retirement readiness. But most plan members—and even many plan sponsors—forget about the flip… Read more >
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
August 21, 2019
401(k) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Investments, Retirementinvestment costs, investment fees, retirement security
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Workers are becoming increasingly burdened by growing student loan debt balances, which by some estimates have reached an average of $28,650 per graduate. According to the new International Foundation study… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
July 16, 2019
Education, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellnessstudent loan assistance benefits, student loan debt, student loan repayment
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Happy National 529 College Savings Plan Day! Here at the International Foundation, we keep a close eye on benefits-related holidays and today we’re celebrating National 529 Day! Celebrated each year… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
May 29, 2019
Employee Benefits, Financial Education529 plans, National 529 Day
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Each month on Talking Benefits, I join Julie Stich, Kelli Kolsrud and Justin Held, International Foundation benefits nerdthusiasts, to discuss a trending employee benefits topic we think our listeners want to… Read more >
Anne Patterson
April 29, 2019
401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast
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