student debt – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-pension-and-investment-stories-of-the-week-81/ Fri, 03 May 2024 13:00:52 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=155136 A story on how private payers are implementing preferred pharmacy networks to reduce benefits plan costs was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the past week: 1. More private payers seeking to reduce costs turning to preferred pharmacy networks: expert 2. Chipotle expanding […]

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]]> Survey finds U.S. employees increasingly interested in retirement, savings programs https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/survey-finds-u-s-employees-increasingly-interested-in-retirement-savings-programs/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:00:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=152147 The vast majority (89 per cent) of U.S. employees say they’d be more likely to continue working for an employer that offered a retirement plan, according to a new survey by Vestwell Holdings Inc. The survey, which polled more than 1,200 workers, found a similar percentage (89 per cent) expressed some level of interest in […]

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]]> 2023 CAP Suppliers Report: How are CAPs evolving to meet the financial needs of different generations? https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/2023-cap-suppliers-report-how-are-caps-evolving-to-meet-the-financial-needs-of-different-generations/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:57:38 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148466 With more than 40,000 employees across the country, Amazon Canada is a microcosm of the wider national workforce. Comprising five generations, the online retailer’s workers represent a wide spectrum of savings goals and related challenges. And to support these goals, it has developed a diverse array of options to meet staff at every stage of […]

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]]> How employers can shift younger workers’ ‘soft saving’ mentality to focus on retirement planning https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/how-employers-can-shift-younger-workers-soft-saving-mentality-to-focus-on-retirement-planning/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:00:12 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148152 Discouraged with the state of the current economy, more and more younger workers are abandoning saving for retirement and focusing on ‘soft saving.’ Soft saving is when employees, many of whom started their careers later than previous generations, decide to take a more laid-back approach to saving for the future, rather than adopt the FIRE concept — […]

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]]> 43% of U.S. DC pension plan sponsors offering auto-escalation: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/cap/43-of-u-s-dc-pension-plan-sponsors-offering-auto-escalation-survey/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:00:01 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=142227 More than two-fifths (43 per cent) of U.S. defined contribution pension plan sponsors say their plan offers automatic escalation, up from 21 per cent in 2013, according to a new survey by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The survey, which polled more than 700 employers, found nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) said they take a proactive […]

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]]> Majority of U.S. DC pension plan sponsors say data, privacy concerns impacting adoption of new tools: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/cap/majority-of-u-s-dc-pension-plan-sponsors-say-data-privacy-concerns-impacting-adoption-of-new-tools-survey/ Thu, 11 May 2023 13:00:58 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137710 A majority of U.S. defined contribution pension plan sponsors say they have some (70 per cent) or significant (10 per cent) concerns over data sharing and privacy that impact their adoption of new plan products and features, according to a new survey by the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association. However, the survey — which polled […]

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]]> Survey finds half of U.S. workers want an employer-sponsored retirement plan that offers emergency savings features https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/54-of-u-s-workers-want-an-employer-sponsored-retirement-plan-that-offers-emergency-savings-features-survey/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=136873 More than half (54 per cent) of employees without a workplace retirement savings plan — including 77 per cent of millennials — say they’d participate in an employer-sponsored plan if it offered emergency savings features, according to a new survey by Natixis Investment Managers. The survey, which polled more than 700 U.S. employees, also found nearly three-quarters […]

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]]> Employers can leverage choice, education to help close pension gap among BIPOC workers https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/employers-can-leverage-choice-education-to-help-close-pension-gap-among-bipoc-workers/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:00:47 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=133796 Employers can leverage choice and financial education to help close the retirement gap among the Black, Indigenous and people of colour community, says Janice Holman, a principal at Eckler Ltd. A 2021 study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, which analyzed data from the 2016 census, found racialized seniors were most reliant on public […]

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]]> Employers using debt repayment benefits to retain employees, alleviate financial stress https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/employers-using-debt-repayment-benefits-to-retain-employees-alleviate-financial-stress/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=126459 In 2019, Nick Smith graduated with $50,000 worth of debt — $30,000 in student loans and $20,000 with a student line of credit. Low-paying jobs and a high cost of living made it hard for Smith to make a dent on his debt until he got hired as a mechanical technologist in Halifax at Dillon Consulting […]

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]]> Dillon Consulting helping employees pay down student debt https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/dillon-consulting-helping-employees-pay-down-student-debt/ Wed, 18 May 2022 13:00:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=121518 Dillon Consulting Ltd. is supporting employees’ financial well-being through a student debt repayment program. The program allows employees to repay student debt by using employer contributions to the company’s deferred profit-sharing plan that match employee contributions to the group registered retirement savings plan, says Tanya Cross, a partner at Dillon Consulting. Read: Indigo to pilot Great-West […]

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