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2025 Retirement Plan, HSA, and IRA Contribution Limits
The IRS has released the Annual Plan Limitations for 2025 for defined contribution and defined benefit plans. 403(b), 457(b), & 401(k) elective deferral, catch-up and other key limits are listed below. Click here to download a PDF version of...
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2024 IRS Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
The IRS has released the Annual Plan Limitations for 2024 for defined contribution and defined benefit plans. 403(b), 457(b), & 401(k) elective deferral, catch-up and other key limits are listed below. Click here to download a...
Adding a Financial Wellness Program for Your Employees
You're probably already aware that financially secure employees are happier, healthier, and more productive. But what you might not know is that employee well-being is also good for your bottom line. Studies have shown that workers who feel financially secure are less...
Plan Sponsor Study Reveals Three Key Themes To Help Inform Plan Improvements in 2023
Plan Sponsor Study Reveals Three Key Themes To Help Inform Plan Improvements in 2023 If you’re like most plan sponsors, you know you can always learn something from the findings of a survey of your own peers. When it comes to the role your workplace retirement plan...
3 Areas Where Employee Financial Wellness Can Affect Your Organization
3 Areas Where Employee Financial Wellness Can Affect Your Organization Perhaps not surprisingly, the latest PwC Employee Financial Wellness Survey found that 40% of full-time employees said their top financial pressure is that everything costs more these days. Only...
Inclusive Financial Education for a Multilingual Workforce
Written by: Scott Hauptmann It’s already difficult to reach employees and educate them on the need to save for retirement, and the task is made harder when some employees speak a different language or grew up in a different culture. While there’s not a one size fits...
How to Protect the Ignored: Conversation for Financially Educating Employees
Written by: Chris Jamail No one likes to be ignored. Not back in high school, and not now by those who claim to help people understand their finances. Financial services lack balance in who they include in helpful financial conversations thus leading to two groups of...
Why Financial Education Matters Today
Why Financial Education Matters Today April is National Financial Literacy Month - and we are suggesting some changes. Americans are in need of financial education and coaching, and the goal should be more than basic literacy, it should be financially empowering our...
2022 IRS Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
The IRS has released the Annual Plan Limitations for 2022 for defined contribution and defined benefit plans. 403(b), 457(b), & 401(k) elective deferral, catch-up and other key limits are listed below.Click here to download a PDF version of this...
TRS Retiree Employment after Retirement Changes Made by the 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature
Written By: Mike Cochran Major changes made by several bills that have been passed and signed into law by the Governor or are on his desk as of this date and expected to be signed, which will affect rehired retirees from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)....
Is Financial Wellness a Must-Have Employee Benefit?
Employee stress is growing. A new survey by John Hancock shows the prevalence of stress has doubled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, two-thirds of Americans feel financial stress, with 27 percent feeling “high levels” of financial stress. Because...