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HR Lineup
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Administered by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) and Dalhousie University, this program provides a comprehensive education on employee benefits, retirement plans, and health benefits. Key Benefits: Comprehensive coverage of group benefits, retirement plans, and compensation.
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Employee Benefit News
JULY 17, 2024
While the revival of traditional pension plans faces significant hurdles, the exploration of hybrid solutions and innovations in retirement planning could provide a path forward.
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Understanding Group Medicare for an Aging Workforce: Key Considerations for HR Leaders
More Than a Benefit: Group Medicare and the Psychology of Retirement
HR Lineup
MARCH 13, 2022
Some of these plans have an advantage when it comes to taxes. Types of Qualified Retirement Plans. There are three classes of qualified retirement plans, namely: 1. Defined benefits plan. In a defined benefit plan, an employer pays a predetermined amount at either termination of employment or retirement.
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Employee Benefit News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Roth contribution options and pension-linked emergency savings accounts, among other promising provisions, will require extensive clarification.
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Employee Benefit News
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Having missed out on yesterday's pensions and today's 401(k) features, the latchkey generation is woefully unprepared for retirement. Here's how advisors can help.
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Employee Benefit News
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Does the tech giant's move signal the return of pensions? John Lowell of October Three consulting weighs in.
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HR Bartender
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
[Aloise] Actuarial science, particularly as it relates to valuing the liabilities of a pension plan, is a critical need in managing the retirement benefit programs for many organizations that sponsor a defined benefit pension plan. You mentioned defined benefits plans.
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Employee Benefit News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
After IBM unfroze its pension, some wondered if this was the start of a defined-benefit renaissance. Researchers say that's not what it was about.
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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
JUNE 24, 2024
According to recent data from Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, the fifteen-year period between 2006 and 2020 was turbulent for multiemployer defined benefit (DB) pension plans.
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Money Talk
JUNE 16, 2022
If you picture retirement planning and taxes as a Venn Diagram, there is lots of overlap between these two areas of personal finance. This is true both during one’s working years (when taxpayers are saving for retirement) and later, when people are older and withdrawing taxable income from tax-deferred accounts.
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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Retirement plan sponsors need to utilize updated Form W-4P (for periodic pension and annuity payments) and new Form W-4R (for nonperiodic payments and eligible rollover distributions) for income tax withholding elections beginning January 1, 2023.
Employee Benefits
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Need to know: Employers can tailor content and communication channels to different employee groups to help with their pensions knowledge. Losing the jargon will make the language of pensions easier to understand and more relevant to staff. They could invest in financial coaching for a more personal approach to pensions education.
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Employee Benefits
APRIL 10, 2023
Need to know: Increasing education about pensions is key to helping employees make the right decisions about accessing their pension savings early. The ability to access pension funds early could prompt changes to the way that pension providers invest for their members.
Money Talk
APRIL 20, 2023
Benefits are based on a worker’s 35 highest earning years and delayed retirement credits between full retirement age and age 70 increase benefit amounts. Off-Farm Job Employer Benefits - These include a defined benefit pension, an employer retirement savings plan (e.g., health insurance).
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Employee Benefits
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
For the last 11 years, BT has rolled out a programme of financial education for its employees to help them plan for retirement. The latest series of retirement planning seminars saw a take-up rate of 73% of registered employees attending the session. before financial education, to 4.1 following it,” says Shiels.
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HR Digest
AUGUST 30, 2024
Local 555 also stated that the employer was also offering a poor plan for compensating new hires and had no intention of sufficiently improving the pension plans as the union members had hoped. The post laying out the details of the discussion showed no restraint in expressing their feelings on the matter.
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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
On November 1st, the IRS released a number of inflation adjustments for 2024, including to certain limits for qualified retirement plans. The table below provides an overview of the key adjustments for qualified retirement plans. As expected, this year’s adjustments are more modest than last year’s significant increases.
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Money Talk
JANUARY 18, 2023
This includes Social Security recipients, retirees with COLA-adjusted pensions, and workers with COLAs stipulated in their job or union contracts. Increased Savings Contribution Limits - Maximum limits for employer retirement plans (e.g., 401(k)s) and IRAs are pegged to inflation.
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Employee Benefits
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
More employers could introduce gender inclusive paid parental leave to prevent and try to close gender pension gaps. The Pensions (Extension of Automatic-Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill will remove the lower earnings limit, enabling more employees to pay into a pension. The Pensions (Extension of Automatic-Enrolment) (No.
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Money Talk
MARCH 15, 2023
They are often bought with money from settlements, investment accounts, and pension plan lump sum distributions. What Not to Do - Annuities are generally not appropriate for qualified retirement plans such as 401(k)s or IRAs. Deferred annuities make payments at a future date and allow annuitants time to make deposits.
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Employee Benefits
JUNE 3, 2024
Following a review of its pension scheme and a consultation in 2020, kitchen furniture manufacturer Howdens chose to close its defined benefit (DB) scheme in 2021. Nilam Gardiner, pensions specialist at Howdens, says: “We have people who come time and again and there’s always more to tell them.”
Employee Benefits
APRIL 10, 2023
Pensions are not usually at the forefront of the minds of young employees, yet early engagement with the subject could make accruing sufficient retirement funds much more likely. Digital marketing firm Flaunt Digital provides pensions education and information for its 30-strong workforce whose average age is 30.
Money Talk
JULY 25, 2024
Set aside a portion of self-employment income to send to the IRS for quarterly estimated tax payments (and/or over-withhold on a pension or Social Security) to ensure compliance with tax regulations. Contributions to non-Roth accounts are often tax-deductible, thereby reducing adjusted gross and, ultimately taxable, income.
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Employee Benefits
APRIL 18, 2024
Public trust in the pensions industry has increased for the fourth consecutive year, according to research by third-party pensions administrator Trafalgar House. The results found that trust in the pensions industry rose to 5.26 Only 22% said they do not have any or much trust in the pensions industry. in 2022, 4.63
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Employee Benefits
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Almost half (49%) of working adults have changed their retirement plans because of the cost-of-living crisis , according to new research by the Pensions Management Institute. The professional body that supports and develops UK pension schemes surveyed 2,030 employees with pensions.
Money Talk
JANUARY 26, 2022
They can delay their beginning withdrawal date until April 1 of the year following the year they retire as long as they do not own more than 5% of the business offering the retirement plan. This is called the “still working exception" and it only applies to workers’ current employer tax-deferred employer plan.
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Money Talk
APRIL 11, 2024
Baby Boomer Challenges - Baby boomers (born 1946-1964) were the first generation with the ability to save money for retirement in 403(b)s, 401(k)s, and IRAs for decades (their parent’s generation had pensions). Many have accumulated significant sums and need tax planning help. 401(k), 403(b), 457, or Thrift Savings Plan).
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Employee Benefits
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
More than half (55%) of employees said a retirement plan is more important than ever as 49% of workers aged 50 and older have already started phasing into retirement, according to research by global advisory and broking firm Willis Towers Watson (WTW).
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Benefits Notes
AUGUST 9, 2022
On August 3, 2022, the IRS published Notice 2022-33, which extends the deadlines for amending retirement plans and IRAs to reflect certain changes to the law made by the SECURE Act; the Bipartisan American Miners Act; and section 2203 (allowing waiver of 2020 required minimum distributions) of the CARES Act. December 31, 2025.
Employee Benefits
AUGUST 21, 2024
Credit: Dilok Klaisataporn/Shutterstock Need to know: Significant amounts of money are tied up in small pension pots, many of which may have been forgotten. The Pensions Tracing Service can help people reconnect with lost pensions. Employers can help staff with this process and engage with pensions more generally.
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HR Digest
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
To provide financial support, many employers think about 401K retirement plans a nd student loans. People leave their workplaces because they are not satisfied with the retirement plan or they find better conditions somewhere else. The Great Resignation is a difficult situation nowadays.
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Employee Benefits
MARCH 2, 2023
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a ministerial statement confirming that the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) will not be able to meet the delivery deadlines originally set out in its legislation. DWP and the Money and Pensions Service [MAPS] remain committed to dashboards.
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Employee Benefits
JUNE 6, 2024
Almost half (49%) of employees aged between 50 and 59 do not know how they will access their pension savings , according to research by workplace pensions provider TPT Retirement Solutions. However, 30% of respondents overall do not know how to make retirement decisions and worry about how to access their pension savings.
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Employee Benefits
MAY 23, 2024
Nearly one-quarter (23%) of UK employees are unsure of the size of pension pot they require to achieve their desired retirement income, according to research by online pension provider PensionBee. When asked if they felt on track to achieve their desired retirement income, almost half (43%) did not think they were.
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Business Management Daily
AUGUST 13, 2024
It’s also important to note that these incentives, such as flexible working conditions, are only sometimes financial.
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Employee Benefits
AUGUST 21, 2023
Almost half (46%) of defined contribution (DC) savers revealed that they do not understand one of the key benefits the scheme brings, according to new research from TPT Retirement Solutions. Philip Smith, DC director at TPT Retirement Solutions, said: “DC pensions put responsibility for a member’s financial future firmly in their own hands.
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HR Professionals Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2023
Vaughn Pension sponsors often deal with fluctuating annual contributions and a funded status that never seems to improve. A troubling reality since a well-funded plan and predictable plan contributions would obviously be ideal. By Eddie L.
Employee Benefits
AUGUST 21, 2024
Central to this was its pension scheme. “We We offered a competitive pension that was above the market median but a majority of colleagues weren’t taking advantage of it,” Thomas says. When national insurance was reduced, we sent out communications suggesting that the extra increase in pay could be put into a pension,” says Thomas. “We
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Health Consultants Group
APRIL 1, 2021
How CARES Act Affects Employee Retirement Plan Distributions. That includes compliance with CARES Act Section 2202 , Special Rules For Use of Retirement Funds. Employees who met these coronavirus-related conditions qualified for retirement plan distributions under the special rules. CARES Act Retirement Plan Rules.
Employee Benefits
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
However, many don’t realise the significant difference a small increase to their pension savings can make. For example, someone in their 20s, saving an extra 1% a year with their employer matching this, may be able to increase their pension pot in retirement by 25%. They are all 25 years old and plan to retire at age 68.
64 Empuls
AUGUST 28, 2024
They offer a range of benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, wellness programs, dental and vision coverage, and more specialized services like mental health support and child care assistance. They help identify the most suitable benefits, such as health insurance, retirement plans, and wellness programs.
McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits
DECEMBER 9, 2021
As a background, a defined benefit plan may make distributions to a retiree only in the case of a “bona fide retirement,” which […]. The post New IRS Guidance for Tax-Qualified Pension Plans with Rehired Retirees Due to COVID-19 appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.
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Employee Benefits
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to offer a pension pot for life in the Autumn Statement 2023. This will give employees a legal right to require a new employer to pay pension contributions into their existing pot, avoiding the accumulation of multiple pension pots throughout their working life.
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Employee Benefits
JANUARY 12, 2024
More than a third (36%) of British employees will continue working past state pension age because they do not think their pension will cover their day-to-day expenses , according to research by Canada Life. The post 36% will work past state pension age to cover daily expenses appeared first on Employee Benefits.
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