Effective plan design is the key to helping your employees overcome poor decision-making and behavioral roadblocks. Here are 10 strategies to optimize your plan design and drive successful retirement outcomes for your employees.
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Establish and track “success measures” for key factors such as participation rates, deferral percentages, percentage of participants invested in professionally managed solutions, etc.
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Utilize automatic enrollment
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Set your default rate at a minimum of 6%
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Utilize automatic escalation
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Set your escalation rate at 1-2%
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Set an escalation cap of at least 15%
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Sweep eligible, non-participating employees into the plan each year
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Sweep under savers (those participants saving less than the default) up to the default percentage each year
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Allow Roth contributions
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Fully embrace behavioral finance concepts and ideas
We are dedicated to helping our clients develop benefit plans that fit the needs of the business owner, focus on company goals, and help employees feel confident in their financial future. For more information on our retirement consulting services along with our (k)larity @ Work™ financial wellness programs check us out at www.greenspringadvisors.com or give us a call at 443-564-4600.
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