3 Ways to Confront Your Financial Fears
30% of Americans don’t have a budget. In fact, 3 in 5 don’t know how much they spend last month, and the median household retirement account balance in America is $50,000. One if not all of these statistics could exist in your workplace.
Here are three ways your employees can take your control of their finances and give their savings a boost for a better future.
A CFOs Guide to Financial Wellness
When employees are financially stressed, they spend three or more hours a week – approximately 150 hours per year – worrying about personal finances or dealing with them at work.
A financial wellness program is a soft benefit, so if you feel anxious about offering this benefit, you’re not alone. There are a lot of questions to consider.
Here’s your CFOs Guide to Financial Wellness:
Three Pillars of Wellness: Mental, Physical, and Financial Guide
As the seasons change, employees may need a check-up from their employers to make sure they are in good health!
Wellness and self-care during the winter months are especially important. The mental, physical and financial wellness of your employees can directly affect their productivity and the workplace culture. Here is a roundup of action items they can take to improve their overall wellness as the seasons change!
Annual Retirement Plan Checklist
As a plan sponsor, you are responsible for keeping your plan in compliance with government regulations.
One of the important areas of compliance involves the many documents that are part of plan administration. These documents must be in writing and kept at your fingertips in case you need to refer to them. On top of having copies of the documents in your file cabinet, you must understand and closely follow them.
Here is our “just the basics” Annual Retirement Plan Checklist for fiduciaries. This cheat sheet will help you better understand your fiduciary duty and the documents to keep on hand.
Seeking, Finding and Consolidating Your Accounts
The average person has 12 jobs during the course of their career. That’s a lot of jobs — and a lot of 401(k) accounts!
Around 25 million Americans have left money behind in an old 401(k) when leaving a job. It’s possible that your current employees have missing 401(k) accounts. However, you can guide and help them with consolidating their accounts.
Help make your employees lives a little easier by sharing this useful infographic about seeking, finding and consolidating their accounts!
Missing Participants End of the Year Clean Up
If you have missing participants in your company's 401(k) plan, the first step in locating them is to get your plan in order. By cleaning up your plan, you will be able to identify the participants and then take the necessary steps to locate them.
This easy-to-use checklist can help you take control of former employees and your missing participant problem.
Household Budgeting Worksheet
When employees have proper financial wellness education, they can develop the mindset to see the long-term impact of their savings decisions. It all starts with something as simple as budgeting, the cornerstone of good financial habits.
Share this ‘Ultimate Household Budgeting Worksheet’ with your employees to help them learn more about their spending habits, identify their wants and needs, and begin to prioritize savings.
401(k) Matching Formulas That Could Boost Participation Without Breaking the Budget
Offering a retirement plan shows your employees that you are committed to helping them save for their future. A matching formula is a great way to give a little bit more to your employees and increase contributions!
There are many matching formulas that can boost contributions and won’t break your bank or budget. Here are three to consider:
• Safe Harbor
• Graded Vesting
• Cliff Vesting
In this guide, you will gain insights about these three formulas, their advantages and eligibility requirements.
3 Savings Best Practices
We’ve all heard the golden rule of personal finance, “Pay yourself first.” It means putting money into savings before you do anything else. We all often need a light nudge to go the extra mile to save, and The Beacon Group is here to help! That's why we are sharing this infographic outlining three ways to stay on track with your savings.
How a Financial Wellness Program Can Improve Company Culture
Financial wellness programs can deliver significant benefits for both employers and employees. Their positive impact can result in a happier, healthier workforce and a more profitable, productive business. Here are five ways financial wellness potentially benefits your company culture:
Getting Your Ducks In a Row: Documents Adults Need
While we firmly believe life is meant to be lived, we also know that it’s important to have peace of mind in the event of an emergency. We’ve put together a detailed checklist to help you organize your life. Here's the Top 4 Important Documents Adults Need but don’t have.
Keeping Your Plan Data Safe
Cybersecurity is a critical but often overlooked aspect of a plan sponsor’s fiduciary responsibility. In simple terms, cybersecurity means protecting sensitive plan and participant data against attacks from hackers and cyber criminals.
This Plan Sponsor Guide outlines some key questions you should be asking your 401(k) service providers about cybersecurity.
8 Steps Towards Managing a More Compliant 401(k) Plan
Many HR professionals and plan sponsors aren’t holding their plan to high enough standards, as is evident by the slew of 401(k) lawsuits we’ve seen over the years. That's why we developed this white paper loaded with eight helpful steps to guide you towards managing a more compliant 401(k) plan.
The Perfect Storm for America's Retirement Plans
This eBook addresses the historical root of the problem; including fee disclosure and the blurred lines between two types of advisors, as well as new Department of Labor (DOL) regulations mandating notice to plan participants and beneficiaries.