By Jane Harper Source: HR Digest The workforce is currently made up of five generations of workers and this has been linked to a career gridlock for younger workers trying to establish themselves in the workforce. Despite the fascinating situation of a truly diverse, multigenerational workforce, there are unprecedented issues that have risen, including the occupations of top positions by the oldest generation of workers who would have traditionally retired in the past. While there are very real and [...]

By Aislinn Murphy Source: Fox Business Setting aside funds for retirement is important – and 22% of U.S. adults reported not starting the practice early enough brought them the most financial regret. Bankrate reported that to be the case as part of a recently-released survey that YouGov conducted July 16-18 on its behalf using a non-probability based sample of 2,355 American adults that more broadly found 77% hold some type of financial regret. The 22% figure made remorse about [...]

By Theresa Ghilarducci Source: Pensions & Investments In March, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink made headlines with a shareholder letter warning about our broken retirement system, noting that "nearly half of Americans aged 55 to 65 reported not having a single dollar saved in personal retirement accounts. Nothing in a pension. Zero in an IRA or 401(k).” The American worker knows the retirement system is broken and they don’t like it. In a recent national survey, 79% of those who [...]

By Nicole Goodkind Source: CNN Eric Payne, a 37-year-old single father to two boys, works hard to stretch his paycheck each week. It’s a task he refers to as “clicking.” He makes a good salary – in the $80,000 range – but by the time all of the essential expenses have clicked into place, there’s not much left to spare. “The clicking is for day-to-day operations,” explained Payne, who works as the director of quality assurance for a seafood [...]

By Suzanne Woolley Source: Bloomberg Americans have been warned for years of an impending retirement crisis. Yet the situation is getting worse. Even when everything was going right — inflation was nonexistent, interest rates were low and stocks were in an extended bull market — there was a multi-trillion dollar savings shortfall. Then came a pandemic, war in Europe, decades-high inflation, the fastest rate-hiking cycle since the early 1980s and fears of a recession. The resulting market turmoil erased some $3.4 trillion from 401(k)s and IRAs [...]

A new report finds that across party lines, Americans are worried about concerns about their financial security in retirement. The vast majority of Democrats (70 percent), Independents (70 percent) and Republicans (62 percent) agree that the nation faces a retirement crisis. There also is bi-partisan agreement that the average worker cannot save enough on their own to guarantee a secure retirement, along with broad support for Social Security and pensions. This new national survey of working-age Americans also reveals [...]