Nearly half a century ago, Congress passed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). This groundbreaking law laid the foundation for the retirement plan industry as it exists today by setting minimum standards to protect participants of voluntarily established retirement and health plans in the private industry.
Company-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401k and other defined contribution plans, would be much easier to administer without missing plan participants. But with the high mobility of today’s workforce and the fact that many former employees simply forget about their retirement accounts at their previous companies-it doesn’t seem likely the problem will go away any time soon.
Company Situation:Colton Groome and Company is Western North Carolina’s oldest independent financial strategies firm. They specialize in helping retirement plans achieve higher performance, lower costs by keeping the plan under one roof, stay compliant and reduce...
Businesses know about escheating unclaimed property to the states. Yet, most never think of looking for listings for their own company. Those that do often find unexpected windfalls.
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