Alyssa Place is the executive editor of Employee Benefit News and has been with the team since 2019. Her work covers mental health, DEI, women at work, financial wellness, retirement and workplace culture. She was previously a video producer at Yahoo Finance with a focus on personal finance and career development, and has also worked for ABC World News with David Muir and ABC 20/20. Her writing has appeared on amNew York, The Daily Beast, Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post and ABCNews.com. Alyssa graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and sociology from New York University.
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Raising the retirement age is once again up for debate. Is this the answer to a financially secure retirement?
August 31 -
When employers address health and well-being, financial stability follows.
August 22 -
Prudential is partnering with the American College of Financial Services to educate Black individuals on financial wellness.
August 2 -
Employees are more likely to be debt free when they have a financial strategy in place.
July 17 -
High debt, paired with persistent income inequality, has left LGBTQ employees unprepared for retirement.
June 20 -
Morgan Stanley at Work found that 66% of employees have scaled back retirement savings because of financial concerns.
June 13 -
The median white family reaches retirement with $188,200 saved, compared to $36,000 for Hispanics, and just $25,000 for Blacks.
May 2 -
As their financial confidence grows, women want to help others succeed, too.
March 27 -
Employees lack confidence that the money they saved will actually financially support them through their retirement.
March 6 -
Just 2.1% of plan participants took out a 401(k) loan in Q4 of 2022, and 0.4% utilized a hardship distribution to deal with financial challenges.
February 9
