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Online Retirement and Pension Resources
Web sites offering retirement reports, studies, and tools.
- American Savings Education Council
- Several tools, the most popular being the "Ballpark Estimate" tool for estimating retirement expenses.
 - Alliance for Investor Education
- The alliance's "survival kit" has several good items to help employees understand 401(k)s.
- BenefitsLink
- An online resource with information of interest to employee benefit plan sponsors, participants and service providers. The site also includes a benefits job listing and a catalog of software, seminars and services.
- Department of Labor Employee Benefits Surveys
- A list of benefits studies from the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Drake Beam Morin’s report on Career Choices and Challenges of Younger and Older Workers
- A study showing -- among other things -- how long people plan to work.
- Employee Benefits Research Institute
- Major benefits research institute in the HR field. Among other reports, has a 2002 Retirement Confidence Survey and numerous reports about 401(k) plans
- 401K Help Center
- This "401(k) portal to the Web" has channels of 401(k) information for plan sponsors, employees, and small businesses and gleans 401(k) information from a variety of Web sources.
- Hewitt Associates Trends and Experience in 401(k) Plans
- Data on investment options, plan expenses, and more from a total of 428 employers.
- The International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
- Benefits news, laws, and statistics, as well as information about the organization’s certificate programs and seminar series.
- Morningstar.com Retirement Center
- This section of the Morningstar.com site has FAQs, features, and links to other good resources, such as books and Web sites for Baby Boomers who are getting a late start in retirement investing. (Free registration is required to access site material).
- mPower.com
- The mPower café has articles, FAQs, a glossary, and other features on retirement investing via 401(k)s, 403(b)s, IRAs and 457 plans.
- National Defined Contribution Council
- A lobbying group made up of "senior executives from retirement services corporations in the United States who manage about 90 percent of all assets in 401(k) plans."
- PaycheckCity
- An online collection of paycheck tools. It can employees estimate the future value of their 401(k)s.
- Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
- The U.S. Department of Labor publishes this page, where you can find fiduciary-related questions and answers. There are also periodic updates of laws and regulations pertaining to pension and welfare benefits administration.
- Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America
- A national, non-profit association promoting 401(k)s.
- SmartMoney.com
- Its 401(k) section has articles, an interactive 401(k) planner, and other worksheets to help employees make the most of their plans. Be sure you read "Ways to Lobby for a Better 401(k)" before your employees do.
- Social Security Administration’s retirement planner
- The Social Security Administration's interactive retirement planner looks at future Social Security benefits in concert with other retirement plans.
- Transamerica's Guide to the 2001 Retirement-plan Law
- A chart showing how various tax and regulatory provisions were changed.
- Workforce Commerce Center
- A list of retirement and pension products and services.
This list was compiled by Workforce editors and writers.
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