Auto Enrollment Challenges without 360 Payroll Automatic enrollment is a proven strategy for plan sponsors who wish to be pro-active in helping employees to become Retirement-ready.  The practice of ...

Investment Policy Statement: Prudent Reading for Fiduciaries Investment policy statements (IPS) are not a requirement for retirement plan sponsors. However, an Investment policy statement is a generally accepted best ...

401k RFP Process Looks at Fees 401k RFP processes focus on many aspects of a 401k plans, including fees.  In many cases plan sponsors are being charged a reasonable ...

Health Savings Accounts Protect Participant Investments   Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) provide the owners of those accounts with extensive investment flexibility. Health savings accounts afford workers another way to save ...

401k Plan Conversion Becomes Opportunity to Update Participant Data 401k Plan Conversions are never simple.  Changing Recordkeepers, adding Investment choices or switching Plan Advisors usually consumes more time than ...

Human Resources Professionals Challenged by Recruiting, Hiring in 2020 Human resources professionals are becoming conditioned to the challenges of recruiting in what seems to be during a full-employment environment.  ...

Retirement Plan Strategy Will Help Everyone    Retirement plan strategy can set the tone today that creates a long-term successful retirement plan.  When senior management is engaged in seeing ...

Remote Work Opportunities are Growing Remote work opportunities are experiencing growth. In a continuing attempt to innovate and give workers what they want in today’s ultra-tight labor market, employers ...

Future Self Images Broaden the Minds of  Plan Participants Future self Images make an impact when people are pondering retirement years and saving for retirement. Future self images send ...

Retirement Plan Participants Should Embrace Electronic Communications Retirement plan participants have a distinct preference as to how they receive plan communications — in print or electronically — depending on ...