Retirement Regulation

Since there are disparate timelines for part-timers in SECURE 2.0 of 2022 and SECURE 1.0 of 2019, plan sponsors must make sure they have processes in place to keep track of those employees who will be impacted by the new law.

Companies need to prioritize outreach to low- and moderate-income workers, who are disproportionately less likely to participate in workplace retirement plans, according to a new report.

From an attempt to override the veto to a legal challenge by Republican state attorneys general in 25 states, the political issues surrounding Labor's ESG rule will continue to swirl for the foreseeable future.

While the new retirement law offers unique opportunities for employers, companies need to consider how much value employees will place on the new savings vehicles, such as automatic enrollment and emergency savings.

Pres. Biden rejected legislation that would have blocked the new DOL rule allowing retirement portfolio managers to weigh climate change and other environmental issues in their investment decisions,

With the new provisions of this recently passed retirement law, employers have a lot more options to offer employees, from an emergency savings account to a student loan-401(k) match.