Retirement

The richest 1 percent of Americans have been getting far richer over the last three decades while the middle class and poor have seen their after-tax household income only crawl up in comparison, according to a government study.

Wisconsin state workers will not receive salary increases during the next two years under the first pay plan put forward by Gov. Scott Walker's administration under a law that no longer requires the state to negotiate wages with unions.

A new report by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies has found that despite the gloomy retirement outlook among many American workers, one in five expect to retire before age 65.

Long-term care costs increased during the year past, according to a new report.

Retirement confidence among American workers has reached a four-year low, according to the Unretirement Index, a poll of nearly 1,500 working Americans by Sun Life Financial Inc.

Half of millennials do not believe Social Security will still exist when they are ready to retire.

Younger Americans are more interested in having a guaranteed retirement income feature in their retirement savings plans than those 45 years of age or older, according to a LinkedIn poll conducted by Prudential Retirement.

New York Citys defined benefit pension plans deliver the same retirement income as defined contribution 401(k)-type individual accounts,but for 40 percent less cost, according to a report by the National Institute on Retirement Security and Pension Trustee Advisors on behalf of the Office of New York City Comptroller John C....