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Financial Planning During Uncertain Times

Money Talk

Develop a Proactive Mindset - This means acknowledging, learning about, and planning for possible future outcomes rather than ignoring the possibility that they could happen. An example is retirement planning. for the fifteen years ending in August 2015. company stocks, was 6.4% for the twenty years ending in May 1979.

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How have pension freedoms impacted retirement planning?

Employee Benefits

New initiatives, such as the Living Pension, provide an opportunity for employers to support staff, particularly their lowest-paid employees, in saving more for their retirement. Retirement planning Freedom of access to pension savings has impacted retirement strategies. appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Inflation and ERISA Penalties: Hand in Hand for 2022

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 directs the US Department of Labor (DOL) to make annual inflation adjustments to specified Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) violations.

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How Better Employee Benefits Communications Can Solve the Usage Gap

Flimp Communications

That’s slightly more than double than the 24% it was in 2015. The second type of wellness is financial wellness, which can cover everything from retirement planning to student-loan repayment. The 2019 Bank of America workplace benefits report reveals that 53% of companies currently offer wellness programs.

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More is Not Always Better: Supreme Court Reexamines Fiduciary Duty of Prudence

Snell & Wilmer Benefits

Vacating the Seventh Circuit’s decision, the Court further defined an ERISA plan fiduciary’s duty of prudence with respect to its control and management of retirement plan investment options. This case was one in a wave of cases brought against college and university retirement plans on the same day in 2016.

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An HR professional’s guide to data privacy compliance and security

Insperity

Think about every data point you regularly touch regarding employees (Social Security numbers, salaries, health care and retirement plans , background checks, etc.) and proprietary business information (customer data, mergers and acquisitions, planned layoffs, etc.). Target, one of the largest U.S.

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16 Employee Perks Your Team Wants More Than a Pay Raise [Infographic]

SnackNation

40% of respondents to Glassdoor’s Q3 2015 employment confidence survey said that they value health insurance more than a pay raise. 401(K) Plan, Retirement Plan and/or Pension. Many employees find personal finance and financial planning a bit of a mystery, and appreciate when their employers help them plan for the future.