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A 401(k) is a profit-sharing retirement saving plan some U.S. employers offer. It lets you contribute a portion of your pre-tax income to a tax-advantaged investment account.
In most states, you can apply for unemployment benefits if you lost your job after age 62 and still plan to continue working — so long as you weren’t fired “for cause.”
My post on 401(k) plans generated some spirited comments. Some readers asked what "subsidy" employers get from 401(k) advisors and mutual fund families. Here's the way it works. Brokers and fund ...
Severance agreements cannot contain clauses that prevent employees from speaking to an attorney to get advice about whether they should accept the offer, or speak to an attorney after they sign. The offer also cannot require that the employee commit a crime, such as failing to appear subject to court subpoena for proceedings related to the company.
A less severe form of involuntary termination is often referred to as a layoff (also redundancy or being made redundant in British English). A layoff is usually not strictly related to personal performance but instead due to economic cycles or the company's need to restructure itself, the firm itself going out of business, or a change in the function of the employer (for example, a certain ...
Most Americans are generally familiar with the idea of planning for retirement, whether it's through an employer-backed 401(k), a private IRA, or some other investment vehicle. But not all of ...
If you retire before age 59.5, you may be too young to withdraw from an IRA or 401(k) penalty-free. And if you retire prior to age 62, you're too young to claim Social Security benefits. There’s ...
If your employer cannot offer more money but they do offer health benefits that you can get from your spouse, then they may agree to pay you the value of the health insurance benefit in cash instead.