Not planning for early retirement threatens employees’ financial security

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Abstract: Employees often are unfazed by retirement calculators or other recommendations telling them they’ll need to step up the pace of their retirement savings to retire at a “normal” age. The Employee Benefit Research Institute’s latest “retirement confidence survey” compared what employees say their retirement timing plans are to when people in general (not the same people stating their intentions) actually do retire. This article looks at the study and what employers can do to help participants avoid being surprised when they do retire.