10 Resources to Help Your Employees Prepare for Retirement
Social Security wants to help you prepare your employees for a secure, comfortable retirement. Security is the Social Security Administration’s middle name and we want everyone to enjoy the fruits of...
View ArticleFuture Friday: The Vision of Retirement is Already Changing
The vision of retirement is undergoing a major change. Many people envision that retirement is sitting at the local Starbucks chatting with friends or sitting on the front porch rocking away enjoying...
View ArticleHow The New Retirement Age Could Affect Your Employees
Nearly every worker’s dream is to have a secure retirement to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Social Security is here to help your employees secure today and tomorrow. Part of that commitment is to...
View ArticleRetirement Savings: How Small Changes Can Make Big Differences
Many of us are fortunate to work for an employer that offers health care and retirement benefits that help us to live healthy, financially productive lives. In fact, according to...
View ArticleChallenge Your Employees to Save for Retirement!
Too many of us don’t think we have enough disposable income to invest in our retirement. Sure it would be great if every employee maxed out on their 401k contributions every year, but the reality is...
View ArticleThe Millennial Savings Challenge
Some time ago, after I graduated with my undergraduate degree, I was lucky enough to get a job working for the governor of Nevada (see, internships can pay off!). I was also fortunate to have a great...
View ArticleRetirement Savings: Leave It to the Experts…and Leave It Alone!
Making the decision to start contributing to a 401k plan isn’t easy, but it is a “yes” or “no” question. Once you decide to go with “yes” (which I hope everyone will do), then you have to decide:How...
View ArticleStudent Debt: The Biggest Hurdle on Your Employees’ Path to Financial Wellness
Millennials. Albeit overused, it’s the word that keeps HR professionals up at night. How to hire them, how to engage them and how to retain them. As a fellow millennial as well as Vice President...
View ArticleMature Workers- The Center of Tomorrow’s Workforce
Over the coming decades “Mature Workers” (defined as age 50+) will be one of the largest sources of talent available. Given this reality and the invaluable nature of older workers’ experience and...
View ArticleAn Alternative to Voluntary Retirement Programs
Under federal and state laws (most or all), employers can have voluntary retirement programs. Of course, there is much litigation on whether and when an employee’s decision to retire is truly...
View ArticleThe Millennial Savings Challenge
Some time ago, after I graduated with my undergraduate degree, I was lucky enough to get a job working for the governor of Nevada (see, internships can pay off!). I was also fortunate to have a great...
View ArticleRetirement Savings: Leave It to the Experts…and Leave It Alone!
Making the decision to start contributing to a 401k plan isn’t easy, but it is a “yes” or “no” question. Once you decide to go with “yes” (which I hope everyone will do), then you have to decide:How...
View ArticleStudent Debt: The Biggest Hurdle on Your Employees’ Path to Financial Wellness
Millennials. Albeit overused, it’s the word that keeps HR professionals up at night. How to hire them, how to engage them and how to retain them. As a fellow millennial as well as Vice President...
View ArticleMature Workers- The Center of Tomorrow’s Workforce
Over the coming decades “Mature Workers” (defined as age 50+) will be one of the largest sources of talent available. Given this reality and the invaluable nature of older workers’ experience and...
View ArticleAn Alternative to Voluntary Retirement Programs
Under federal and state laws (most or all), employers can have voluntary retirement programs. Of course, there is much litigation on whether and when an employee’s decision to retire is truly...
View ArticlePlan for Retirement! Your Future Self Will Thank You
The majority of employers across the United States offer retirement plans to help employees save and plan for their financial future. My employer, the YMCA of Greater Rochester is no exception. As a...
View ArticleWhat’s in Your Retirement Toolbox?
The 401K (aka retirement) Plan. Employers and benefit managers spend so much time discussing fees and compliance that we sometimes forget how critical this benefit is to our employees and their...
View Article#Nextchat: Helping Employees Plan for Retirement
It can be difficult for a 25-year-old to envision life after age 65, let alone to start saving for it—and many of your employees aren’t even sure how or where to start saving. That’s why it’s...
View Article#Nextchat RECAP: Helping Employees Save for Retirement
On April 25, @shrmnextchat chatted with SHRM Editor Stephen Miller, CEBS about Helping Employees Plan for Retirement.If you missed this informative chat, you can read all the tweets here: [View the...
View ArticleVontae Davis’s Crazy NFL Retirement -- How Prepared is Your Business for a...
There are planned retirements.There are unexpected retirements.And, then — hold my drink — there’s Vontae Davis’s retirement.“Never heard of it. Never seen it.”Vontae Davis played ten seasons in the...
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