Tag: participants

Fiduciaries, Plan Administrator, Trustee, Investment Manager

Are You Excluding Part-Timers From the Retirement Plan?

July 5, 2016

Many plan sponsors mistakenly believe that they are not required to offer the retirement plan to part-time employees. Regardless of what type of retirement plan you have, all employees, including part-time employees that work 1,000 hours in a year, must be offered the retirement benefit. Though your plan may contain a service requirement that essentially … More Are You Excluding Part-Timers From the Retirement Plan?

Oversimplification in Target Date Funds Endangers Participants’ Retirement Savings How are custom solutions evolving to mitigate risk? Part III

June 7, 2016

Last month we featured Part II of Oversimplification in Target Date Funds Endangers Participants’ Retirement Savings – How are custom solutions evolving to mitigate risk? Part II introduced version 2.0 of target date funds (TDFs), an approach which allows plan sponsors to develop a glidepath best suited for their plan’s demographics. For the final installment … More Oversimplification in Target Date Funds Endangers Participants’ Retirement Savings How are custom solutions evolving to mitigate risk? Part III

Participants, Missing Participants, Education, Communication

Locating Missing Participants

October 21, 2015

At one time or another all plan sponsors will likely be in the position of having to locate missing participants. This may be related to delivery of regulatory required communications, distributing of assets, or communicating fund changes to active and/or terminated participants. If the delivery of necessary communications is encumbered because a participant cannot be … More Locating Missing Participants