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Ten Resolutions for DC Plan Sponsors
Mercer has published a "10 for 2010" checklist of resolutions defined contribution plan sponsors should make in the New Year. On the list is take steps to improve participant savings. How? By using targeted communications, automated plan features—and persistence. Mercer
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Proposals for Retirement Savings
In his State of the Union speech, the President pushed for employers to allow for automatic direct-deposit individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, for workers who don’t currently have access to existing retirement plans. These initiatives would have a positive effect on the savings rate, says Brigitte Madrian, a professor of public policy and corporate management at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. They would increase the number of lower- and middle-class workers who participate in a retirement savings plan and significantly increase the subsidies that low- and moderate-income workers receive. Smart Money
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How Automatic Enrollment Affects 401(k) Match
There has been some concern that companies with an eye on their bottom line might reduce their 401(k) match to keep benefit costs the same as they were before all employees were automatically enrolled. A new Employee Benefit Research Institute study that will be released in February should quell that worry. US News and World Report
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The Shape of Things to Come for 401(k) Plans
Here are three more plan features that you are likely to see more of in 2010 and beyond. Employee Benefit News
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Join America Saves Week
The vast majority of employers want to do what’s best for all their employees. America Saves Week.org offers many tools on a wide variety of savings topics your employees can use. America Saves Week
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