Press Release • March 3, 2020
Public Pension Benefit Spending Provides Substantial Economic Impact on Rural Communities And Small Towns Across U.S. New Report Released Today at NIRS Annual Retirement Policy Conference Details Impact Across 19 States Live Webcast of Conference Today Starting at 9:15 AM ET Webinar on March 12th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2020 – […]
Press Release • February 27, 2020
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY HOSTS 11thth ANNUAL RETIREMENT POLICY CONFERENCE ON MARCH 3rd Event Features Keynote by Alissa Quart, Author of Best-Selling Book, Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America New Research To Be Released on Economic Impact of Pensions on Rural and Small Towns Across America Live Webcast Via Facebook February 27, […]
Press Release • February 5, 2020
85% OF MILLENNIALS WORKING IN STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLAN TO STICK WITH THEIR EMPLOYER, BUT BENEFIT CHANGES COULD PUSH THEM OUT THE DOOR Most Millennials Working in State and Local Government Satisfied with Job Despite Knowing They Could Earn More in the Private Sector Webinar to Review Findings on February 13th at 2 PM […]
Press Release • January 13, 2020
Only 7% of Retirees Have Ideal Situation of Income from Three Sources: Social Security, a Pension and Savings Social Security Kept More Than 7.5 Million Households Out of Poverty, Reduced Public Assistance Costs by $10 billion in 2013 Pensions Kept Nearly One Million Retirees Out of Poverty, Reduced Public Assistance Costs by $4 Billion in […]
Press Release • December 19, 2019
Measure is Step Forward in Addressing U.S. Retirement Savings Crisis Despite Political Acrimony, Americans United in Concern About Retirement WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2019 – At a time when working Americans are struggling to save for retirement, the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) commends the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for bi-partisan passage […]
Press Release • November 11, 2019
Amid Worker Shortages, New Research Examines State & Local Employee Views on Their Jobs, Pay and Benefits Public Employees Committed to Public Service Despite High Stress and Lower Salaries; Say Benefits are a Key Recruitment and Retention Tool and Cuts Could Drive Them Out of Public Workforce 85 Percent of State & Local Millennial Employees […]
Press Release • September 25, 2019
New Research Finds Growing Financial Asset Inequality Persistent Concentration of Financial Assets Among the Wealthiest Coupled with Low Savings Poses Retirement Threat to Working Americans Among Baby Boomers, Top 25 Percent Own 91 Percent of Financial Assets; Similar Inequality Among GenX and Millennial Generations Webinar on Tuesday, October 1st at 2 PM ET to Review […]
Press Release • August 7, 2019
Alaska, Kentucky, Michigan & West Virginia Experiences Offer Cautionary Examples to Policymakers on Retirement Plan Design Changes Webinar on August 13th at 2 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2019 – A new series of case studies finds that states that shifted new employees from defined benefit pensions to defined contribution or cash balance plans […]
Press Release • February 26, 2019
DESPITE POLITICAL POLARIZATION, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS UNITED IN CONCERN ABOUT U.S. RETIREMENT CRISIS Majority of Americans Say They Can’t Achieve Financial Security in Retirement and New Tax Law Isn’t Helping; Millennials Most Pessimistic But Most Willing to Save More Findings Released During Live Webcast of 10th Annual Retirement Conference WASHINGTON, D.C., February 26, 2019 […]