Tag: 401(k) Auto-Enrollment Relate

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The brief’s key findings are: While auto-enrollment boosts 401(k) participation, the resulting cost pressure on matching contributions could prompt employers to reduce their match. Analysis using the National Compensation Survey finds that plans with auto-enrollment do have lower match rates than plans without auto-enrollment. This finding suggests that employers may, indeed, be lowering their matc…

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The brief’s key findings are: The Obama Administration has proposed “Auto-IRAs” to boost pension coverage among those not currently offered a plan. Such a policy is seen to offer great potential, given that 60 percent of low-income workers currently offered a 401(k) choose to participate. However, these low-income workers with 401(k)s are different from their…