While 80 percent of plan participants are interested in putting some money into annuities, those who have a pension rather than a 401(k) or other DC plan aren't quite so ready to jump in.

Spark Institute, is joining with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) to set up the council.

Total compensation, which includes wages and benefits, climbed 2.7 percent over past 12 months.

These companies have the best HR departments based on scoring in seven key areas of the "2018 Workforce 100: Ranking the World's Top Companies for HR" report.