Tag: Oregon
About half of the nation’s private-sector employees do not have a retirement savings plan at work, and that hasn’t changed in at least 40 years. Some states are trying to fix this coverage gap in the absence of substantial progress by the federal government in solving the problem. And the state reforms are gaining momentum…
The brief’s key findings are: Since many workers lack retirement plans at work, some states are setting up programs that require employers without a plan to enroll workers in an IRA. Oregon was the first state to launch its auto-IRA and is now providing initial data on how workers and employers have responded. On the positive side,…
