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Benefits in the News > By Subject > 401(k) plans Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Opinion] 401(k) Plans Work If Employer Contribution Rates Are High Trends and Experience in 401(k) Plans, 2009 (PDF) Fidelity Says 401(k) Savings Accounts Recover from 2008 Decline [Guidance Overview] IRS Guidance Regarding Unused Paid Time Off and an Employer's Qualified Retirement Plan (PDF) Frequency of Educational Seminars Linked to 401(k) Participation, According to Study Steady Investing Pays Off for Most with 401(k)s, According to Vanguard Study New law may revive workers' pension plans [Opinion] American Benefits Council/ACLI Comments on Special Rules Governing Eligible Combined (DB(k)) Plans (PDF) Hybrid Retirement Plan in the Works: DB(k) Alongside 401(k) Would Provide Security, Guaranteed Pension Sunoco Will Freeze Defined Benefit Pension Plans for Most Workers and Phase Out Medical Benefits for Most Retirees Black & Decker Reinstates 401(k) Match Washington Times Suspends 401(k) Match Fiduciaries Well-Positioned to Bring About Positive Changes in Target Date Funds Best Buy Finds Social Networking and 401(k)s Can Be a Good Fit Caterpillar Suit Could Result in Lower 401(k) Fees As Company Agrees to Investor-Friendly Changes Best Practices for Retirement Plan Investment Fiduciaries (PDF) Legislation May Nudge Plan Sponsors to Reconsider Annuities, but What About Participants? The Downside of Dollar-Cost Averaging Investing [Guidance Overview] Plan Action Required: Updated Safe Harbor Rollover Notices (PDF) An Update on 401(k) Plans: Insights from the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finance Fees and Trading Costs of Equity Mutual Funds in 401(k) Plans and Potential Savings from ETFS and Commingled Trusts Caterpillar Agrees to $16.5-Million Settlement of Excessive Fee Lawsuit in Federal Court in Illinois J.P. Morgan Chase to Reinstate 401(k) Company Match Survey Finds Widespread Deficiency in Retirement Preparation Drastic 401(k) Reform Unlikely, Expert Says [Guidance Overview] Chart and Outline of 401(k) Fee Litigation, Updated October 2009 Service Requirements for Joining 401(k) Easing, Survey Shows Comparing Individual Account Retirement Plans to Defined Benefit Retirement Plans: Neither is Risk-Free [Guidance Overview] Senate Hearing Considers 401(k) Target-Date Fund Concerns, More Regulation Solo 401(k) Offers Big Tax Savings For Self-Employed [Opinion] The 401(k): Don't Believe the Hype 401(k) Plans: Several Factors Can Diminish Retirement Savings, but Automatic Enrollment Shows Promise for Increasing Participation and Savings Creditor Protection for Your 401(k) Defined Benefit 401(k)s Set to Make Debut Investment Regulations and Defined Contribution Pensions Automatic Annuitization: New Behavioral Strategies for Expanding Lifetime Income in 401(k)s (PDF) Target-Date Fund Practices Targeted in Senate Hearing [Guidance Overview] Effects of the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act (PDF) Senate Hearing Will Ask: Are Target-Date Funds Missing the Mark? Retirement Savings: Automatic Enrollment Shows Promise for Some Workers, but Proposals to Broaden Retirement Savings for Other Workers Could Face Challenges [Opinion] Getting Real About 401(k) Dollar Caps; Australia's Limit on Contributions by Older Employees Reflects Actual Retirement Needs Asset Allocation Guidance for Defined Contribution Plans, 1999 and 2009 (PDF) Participant Education: Guidance for Defined Contribution Plans, 2009 (PDF) 401(k) Performance: The Numbers Add Up 401(k) Fee Litigation Report as of September 2009 Highest Earners Get Biggest Tax Breaks for Saving for Retirement Benefits and Finance Departments Collaborate on 401(k)s How to Improve the Defined Contribution Retirement System Companies Plan to Reinstate 401(k) Matches Should You Use 401(k) Money to Buy an Annuity? [Guidance Overview] Guidance on 2009 Required Minimum Distributions for Defined Contribution Retirement Plans (PDF) Research Project: Should You Borrow from Yourself? The Determinants and Effects of 401(k) Loans [Guidance Overview] Retirement and Savings Initiatives' Review as of October 2009 (PDF) Redefining Defined Contribution Plans to Enhance Retirement Security [Opinion] Alternative to 401(k)s Is a Tax Trap in Disguise Employers Begin Driving the 401(k) [Official Guidance] Chart of IRS Retirement Plan Limits 2003 - 2010 401(k) Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity During 2008 (PDF) [Opinion] TIME Magazine's 401(k) Plan Cover Story: Bad Facts, Bad Story [Guidance Overview] Chart of 415, Etc., Limits Updated for News Release IR-2009-94 Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. But BenefitsLink is not the author or publisher of those linked pages (except as expressly indicated). 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