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The preferred way of many people to enjoy a secure retirement is work with companies that comes with a best retirement benefits and jobs with pensions. Most private companies spend an average of 92 cents /hour for their employee retirement benefits. Employer 401 (k) and corporate pension plans contribute as much as 4 dollars / hour in the utilities industry, as little as 9 cents /hour for catering workers. (more…)

Older workers of today are healthier, better educated, more highly skilled, and a larger proportion of the labor market than in any previous era. Yet, many employers continue to view older workers through a lens distorted by negative stereotypes that developed during the early days of the industrialization process. High rates of unemployment and a sense that human capital, developed in early adulthood, should be sufficient to see workers through their careers made “shedding” older workers a seemingly affordable solution. The long-term costs of that “solution” are now being realized, not only in terms of the pension liabilities that encumber the finances of firms, but also in terms of the organizational loss that occurs when senior workers disappear. (more…)

A defined benefit plan is the granddaddy of retirement plans. Unfortunately, in the years to come, these plans will likely become the retirement equivalent of a dinosaur. In a defined benefit plan, as noted earlier, an employee’s years of loyal service are rewarded with the continuation of income post retirement based on a predetermined formula defined by the company. These formulas vary from company to company, so if you’re covered by a defined benefit plan, be certain to ask your human resources department to provide you with the information you need to review your benefits. (more…)

When you retire, are you going to have enough money to meet all your expenses and keep up with inflation? If you are like the vast majority of us, your answer will be a resounding, “NO”!

Statistically, 95% of people retire with too few financial resources. (more…)

It’s remarkable how pervasive the relatively recent notion of retirement has become. Retirement as we now know it didn’t exist prior to the 1930s. Social Security was developed and promoted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Dealers as a way to convince older workers to retire in order to open up jobs for young people during the Great Depression. Since then Social Security benefits have been expanded dramatically. (more…)

Analyses of retirement income adequacy and retirement income planning often focus on people age 65 and over because the overwhelming majority of workers have retired by this age. Thus it is possible to look at the sources and level of income available to people over 65 to get some sense of the standards of living that are achievable in retirement.

An elderly unit is a family in which at least one person is 65 years of age or older. 44 percent of the elderly units were receiving some pension income. (more…)

Some early retirement survey focused almost exclusively on men when making retirement decision. Until recently, woman may have some decisiveness which affected retirement decision for her and her husband. Recognition of the difference point of view add some complexity on making retirement decision. Off course, the retirement decision is varied beyond gender and economic issues. Substantial differences in health condition, employment market, family finance situation, and care giving responsibility can lead to the differences timing of retirement. (more…)