If you needed any further evidence about the power of auto-enrollment, Vanguard has put out new research saying that the participation rate among those it studied came in 91 percent when new employees are automatically enrolled.

Plans with voluntary enrollment, on the other hand, see a 42-percent participation rate. 

Eight in 10 automatically enrolled participants in Vanguard's study also increase contribution rates over time. 

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