Retirement Trends

Nearly half of women in a CRR study had a year with zero earnings in their top 35 years of earnings -- but delaying claiming Social Security and working longer can help offset that.

These 18 statistics on retirement readiness aren't meant to paralyze people but to help them see the need to take action.

With talk of a new president, a retirement crisis, and the lack of full worker access to retirement plans, this policy expert recommends expanding Social Security. Here's why.

Women need to save nearly twice as much as men, says a TIAA white paper, but even that might not create the retirement they want. Here's why.

Only a low percentage of workers knows the monetary value of their employee benefits -- and their poor decisions during benefits enrollment can affect their financial future.

Employment seekers new-found staying power is one reason for an uptick in the labor force participation rate, which is defying aging demographics and is on track for its first annual increase in a decade.