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Middle-Income Earners Can Be Millionaires

Money Talk

saving 10% of pay in a 401(k) plan). Payroll deductions for defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s, make adhering to advice to “pay your first” automatic. What matters is that proactive action is taken afterward to increase savings and reduce debt so that a positive net worth steadily grows.

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The feds want your opinion on climate change and 401(k)s

Business Management Daily

The Employee Benefits Security Administration has had an on-again, off-again approach to whether employers can allow 401(k) investment choices to promote social, environmental, or other public policy causes—called economically targeted investments or sometimes environmental, social, or governance investing.

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Annuity Myths and Facts

Money Talk

Examples include surrender charges, sales commissions (loads), management fees, and mortality charges. They are often bought with money from settlements, investment accounts, and pension plan lump sum distributions. What Not to Do - Annuities are generally not appropriate for qualified retirement plans such as 401(k)s or IRAs.

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Missed Payroll in the Wake of Bank Collapse: Implications, Strategies, and Minimizing Risk

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

of the California Labor Code, an “owner, director, officer, or managing agent” of an employer may be held personally liable for violating or causing a violation of any provision of the Labor Code relating to minimum wages or hours and days of work in any Wage Order of the Industrial Welfare Commission. For example, under Section 558.1

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Mergers and Acquisitions: How to Keep Employees from Leaving

Insperity

How will ancillary benefits (401K, pension plans, AD&D) be integrated? Are any commission plans equitable and do they encourage the right behaviors? Which benefits will continue to be offered and which will no longer be available? – Compensation. Do job levels match across organizations?

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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Canadian workers’ compensation boards typically use “assessable payroll” terminology and include both wages and employer-paid benefits (sick leave, bonuses, profit sharing, employer contributions to pensions, accommodations, gratuities, etc.)

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The Equitable Bermuda Triangle

The Teacher's Advocate

In reality, it seems they’ve commissioned an online survey designed to get the results they desired. Can we expect that Equitable employees will now be offered multiple 401(k) vendor options going forward? If this claim were true it would be groundbreaking. I suspect not.

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