Defined Contribution

Drip marketing works. That's why employers need to continually show employees more and more reasons why they should save for retirement, using a variety of signs, email campaigns and text messaging.

Low earnings was identified as the number-one biggest roadblock (41%) for retirement, while the majority of Americans (53%) feel they're lagging behind their peers in savings, according to a new survey.

The idea of retiring on $100,000 a year should get employees' attention and can be a good lead-in to financial wellness training sessions on two of the "building blocks" of retirement – Social Security and investing in 401(k)s.

Health savings accounts hold an important spot as a benefits program to help employees prepare for health care needs in retirement but women's investment balance lags behind men's by 15%, says a new BofA report.

Financial wellness has emerged as a game-changer – and the new retirement legislation is making new employer offerings, such as student debt relief or emergency savings funds, more cost-effective than ever to implement.

Once a leader in the shift away from defined benefit plans to defined contribution plans in the U.S. in the '80s and '90s, the tech giant is now taking a different approach by switching employees to a Retirement Benefit Account.

Workers are asking for help with calculating how much they need to save for retirement, how to invest in their 401(k)s, and how to create an income stream in retirement, says a new Schwab survey.

The uncertainties over the past few years have clearly affected workplace savers, who are now less sure about when retirement will come, what it will look like and how they should prepare for it, according to a new survey.