Public school teachers must contribute to a retirement plan that denies them a fair return. It may not be unconstitutional, but it sure seems unfair.
Teachers’ required pension contributions are less fair than union fees
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How can we help older workers realize their potential?
Sound policy and Social Security reforms could boost older adults’ employment, improve their financial security, and ease the economic pressures of an aging society
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Many older Hispanics face steep financial hurdles
With employment histories often marked by low-earning jobs and few retirement benefits, older Hispanics are struggling to retire.
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The demise of myRA raises the stakes for state retirement initiatives
With the recent termination of myRA, state retirement initiatives may now offer the best hope to boost retirement savings.
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Why should two lost work days cost McCabe three-fourths of his pension?
The firing of deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe highlights the arbitrariness of government pension rules.
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Should parents borrow from Social Security to finance paid leave?
A recent proposal would allow new parents to trade future Social Security benefits for a few months of paid leave.
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Can the US economy grow its way out of the Social Security deficit?
For the first time in four decades, Social Security will pay more benefits this year than it collects in tax and interest revenue.
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Five reasons President Trump’s effort to promote employer retirement plans could boost retirement security
A recent executive order could make it easier for small businesses to set up retirement plans for their employees.
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A tale of two retirements: Working longer is exacerbating income inequality among older Americans
The retirement outlook differs for well-educated older adults and those without a college degree.
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“Public charge” could lead to fewer immigrants—and taxpayers—contributing to the US economy
Immigrants and their children are expected to make up a greater share of our labor force in the coming decades.
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A new bill aims to tackle Social Security’s financial problems
Most lawmakers agree that Social Security needs reform, as the program now spends more than it collects.
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Paid Leave Is a Worthy Goal, but so Is a Secure Retirement
Policymakers have developed proposals that would use Social Security to fund paid parental leave.
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Congress’s Proposed Effort to Encourage Retirement Savings Ignores Larger Threats to Retirement Security
Late last month, the House overwhelmingly passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act.
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Seven Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Could Undermine Retirement Security
The pandemic could upend retirement planning, jeopardizing financial security for the next generation of retirees.
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As Unemployment Surges, Older Workers Need More Help
This pandemic-led downturn has hit older workers especially hard and will likely create long-term employment challenges for them.
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Biden’s Social Security Plan Would Not Increase Taxes for Middle-Class Workers
It would hit fewer than 1 percent of earners initially and would never affect more than the top 6 percent of earners.
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Will Older Adults Return to the Workforce?
More adults age 65 and older left the labor force in 2020 than in any year since the US began tracking such information in 1948.
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