Automated enrollment and contribution rates are effective ways to encourage workers to build retirement savings. Now a new feature on 401(k) plans will soon help workers who change jobs make it easier to move their account to a new one automatically.
One year after the SECURE Act, some sponsors are trying to regain momentum to see if in-plan annuities make sense for their participants.
The portability of 401(k) accounts from job to job remains in the dark ages of paper checks and manual processing.
Today if the worker does nothing, they either get a check with taxes and penalties withheld or the money goes into a safe harbor IRA — this is for balances of less than $5,000. There, it’s invested in money market or stable value funds.
What happens in the new world with auto portability if the worker does nothing, when they find a new job, the 401(k) automatically follows them. They don’t have to take any action