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Secure 2.0 Act: What you need to know

This new law is intended to increase savings, expand access to retirement plans and give more workers access to lifetime income in retirement. Here's what that means for plan sponsors.

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Spotlight on key regulations

Improved opportunities for savings and income preservation
  • Employer match for qualified student loan repayments
  • Increased age-based catch-up contribution
  • Required minimum distribution age increase
  • Removes regulatory barriers to annuitization some participants faced

Simpler plan administration

  • Allows participants to self-certify hardship distributions
  • Modifies certain reporting and disclosure requirements
  • Reduces some required disclosures for “unenrolled” participants
Expanded access to retirement plans
  • Permits 403(b) sponsors to join a multiple employer plan or pooled employer plan
  • Provides participants with emergency savings options
  • Allows long-term, part-time workers to become eligible faster

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