401k Plans are complicated employee benefits requiring guidance and oversight by qualified fiduciaries and earning continuing education certification credits seems like a prudent strategy for staying current. Most companies that sponsor 401k retirement plans normally appoint or assign anywhere from 3 to 7 employees to a retirement committee or benefits committee. That all seems reasonable until you realize a significant number of plan sponsor fiduciaries accept that responsibility with absolutely no training. Learning to be a fiduciary, while on-the-job, is a high-stakes, high-risk proposition for all involved – plan sponsor, plan participants and the inexperienced plan fiduciary.
Educating the Workforce and Retirement Plan Fiduciaries
Most professional organizations require a specific level of training to take place for professionals to hold each designation – such as a CPA, SPHR or the C(k)P.
Professional Education that satisfies the requirement for Continuing Education Certification Credit for human resources professionals is not difficult to locate. However, locating continuing education for human resource credits that engage the audience and stimulates the professional’s thirst for additional knowledge can be difficult.
The Plan Sponsor University Fiduciary Education
The continuing education certification credits for human resources professionals and accounting professionals offered by The Plan Sponsor University (TPSU) are different from the run-of-the-mill online education modules since they are instructor-led, live sessions delivered at local colleges and universities. TPSU Programs are award-winning sessions where retirement plan fiduciaries learn the latest strategies for maximizing the opportunities associated with offering a qualified retirement plan. The 5 hours of continuing education recertification credit that is available when attending a TPSU Program for qualified 401k or 403b plan fiduciaries can be used for SHRM, HRCI or CPE. TPSU Programs engage plan fiduciaries at all competency levels during the classroom session. Upcoming TPSU Programs can be found here.
The continuing education certification credits for human resources professionals and accounting professionals offered by The Plan Sponsor University (TPSU) are different from the run-of-the-mill online education modules since they are instructor-led, live sessions delivered at local colleges and universities. TPSU Programs are award-winning sessions where retirement plan fiduciaries learn the latest strategies for maximizing the opportunities associated with offering a qualified retirement plan. The 5 hours of continuing education recertification credit that is available when attending a TPSU Program for qualified 401k or 403b plan fiduciaries can be used for SHRM, HRCI or CPE. TPSU Programs engage plan fiduciaries at all competency levels during the classroom session. Upcoming TPSU Programs can be found here.
