New IRS Procedure Helps with IRA and Retirement Plan Rollovers
Help is here for employees who miss their retirement rollover windows.
Tag: retirement
Largest Defined Contribution Plans Look to Adopt DB Best Practices for The Future
By Jane Meacham While acknowledging that maintaining traditional defined benefit (DB) pensions has become either too expensive or too burdensome, several Fortune 500 company retirement plan sponsors would like to replicate for their defined contribution (DC) plans some of the efficiencies from their DB plans, according to a new survey report from BNY Mellon.
Could It Only Take 60 Seconds to Lose Top Talent?
Well, not 60 seconds, but 10 days according to internationally-known HR thought leader John Sullivan, PhD. He cited research by Officevibe.com and says that the best candidates only stick around the job market for 10 days! Check out his tips on what you can do with that limited time frame.
But Do I Have to Fire Them?
Terminating an employee is an uneasy decision. Obviously, it negatively affects the employee, it’s stressful for everyone involved, and it can lower morale (thus affecting productivity) of other employees. Clearly, this is a situation we’d all prefer to avoid.
IRS Issues Guidance On Taxing Distributions to Those in Phased Retirement
By Jane Meacham The IRS on June 15 released guidance on paying employees from a defined benefit (DB) plan once the participant has entered phased retirement and whether the distributions should be taxed.
Don’t leave older workers out of retention plans
Employers nowadays may feel bombarded with advice on how to retain millennial employees. Those younger workers have the reputation of moving from job to job, so employers wanting to get the most from the investment they make in their youngest employees put a lot of energy into encouraging them to stay. But what about older […]
Tips to Offer Employees on Managing Multiple Retirement Accounts
After decades of job hopping—by necessity or design—some people have accumulated several retirement accounts, making it a confusing chore to keep track of what’s happening with their money.
Survey Cites Service Providers’ Uncertainty Over Fiduciary Rule, Next Steps
By Jane Meacham Retirement plan service providers likely will face the most need to change business models among those affected by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final fiduciary rule issued in early April. Although adoption of the regulation is more than a year away, many respondents to an industry survey quickly registered confusion, and […]
3 Avoidable Errors That Could Upend Your Employees’ Retirement Plans
As older Americans approach retirement, many may be realizing their financial planning isn’t what it should have been. That could mean they need to postpone retirement—or abandon the idea altogether. “Most people don’t spend much time even thinking about retirement,” says Stephen Ng, founder and president of Stephen Ng Financial Group. Ng is also the […]
Retirement Plan Sponsor Agrees to $31M Settlement Over Excessive Fees Claim
By Jane Meacham, retirement plans editor One of the largest multimillion-dollar settlements yet has been reached between an employer retirement plan sponsor and a class of participants over “excessive fees” paid for plan services.