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Abbott employee Harvir Humpal Student loans or the 401(k)? Young adults have a tough time finding the money for both. Unless they work for Abbott Laboratories. Employees who put at least 2 percent of their income toward student loan payments will qualify for Abbott’s 5 percent contribution to their 401(k) account – without the worker…

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I’m always on the lookout for proposed policies that affect pensions, and the president’s fiscal 2019 budget includes a number of proposals to reduce retirement benefits for federal civilian workers. The bulk of federal civilian workers are automatically covered by a defined-benefit plan – the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).  FERS provides a benefit at age 62…