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Financial Education Partnerships in the Workplace - View of Satisfied Researchers, Employers and Outside Providers

Workplace financial education, particularly that which emphasizes retirement education, has evolved quickly over the past 20 years. The financial education of yesterday saw employers hold employee meetings with workers near retirement age to explain the defined benefits each would receive upon retirement.

Creation of the employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan, and the concurrent adoption of this defined contribution plan as a substitute for the defined benefit plan by many employers changed everything. Instead of dealing with retirement issues for employees just prior to leaving full-time employment, financial education was offered to all employees and at much earlier ages. The emphasis today is on planning, saving and investing for retirement. 

 

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