Benefits/Retirement
Thinking ahead
By: By Kelly Davis and Leslie Nagel
In 2007, the IRS made the first major revisions to 403(b) regulations for tax- exempt organizations in more than four decades. The IRS revised the regulations...
Hidden fees
By: By Robert Barkin
As in most retirement plans, Oakland County, Mich., employees pay fees to the investment companies that manage their retirement funds. And, those fees are listed in quarterly statements that Oakland County sends to its retirement plan participants. “We don't hide any fees from the participants,” says Doug Williams, the county's retirement administrator. ...
Campaigning for savings
Monroe County, N.Y., officials are making sure retirement planning is a top priority for all employees, not just those nearing the end of their careers....
Adding retirement options
By: Lindsay Isaacs
Phoenix began offering a supplemental retirement savings plan to employees last year to complement its long-standing 457 deferred compensation program....
Benefits of good health
Pilot program boosts employee health and saves money for city....
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/Retirement incentives help offset deficit
By: Brook Raflo
Determined to avoid the myriad problems that accompany declining tax revenues, the Oakland County, Mich., Board of Commissioners this year implemented...
Retirement Planning: Who does what for whom?
By: Willard Hill
The public sector's ability to recruit and retain top employee talent in a tight job market and the changing dynamic of retirement planning as a whole...
