The New Reality of Retirement and Workplace Benefits
Episode 5 of Retirement in America features David Blumenstein, board chair and immediate past president and CEO of Segal, and podcast host Dan Doonan in a wide-ranging conversation about the forces reshaping employee benefits and retirement security.
David and Dan examine rising healthcare costs, the shift of retirement responsibility to individuals, the continuing value of pensions, changing expectations for workplace benefits, and how technology and artificial intelligence could transform the field.
Watch Episode 5, The New Reality of Retirement and Workplace Benefits, below.
“Healthcare and retirement benefits do not exist in separate silos. When healthcare costs consume a larger share of compensation, there is less room for wages and retirement contributions. David brings decades of experience working with employers and plan sponsors, and this conversation helps explain why strengthening retirement security requires looking at the entire benefits landscape.”
Dan Doonan
Host, Retirement in America Podcast
National Institute on Retirement Security
Retirement in America is a monthly podcast series from NIRS that examines the economic, workforce, and policy trends influencing retirement security. Combining expert insight with real-world experiences, the podcast helps listeners better understand one of the most important financial issues facing American workers and families today. Future episodes will feature discussions on retirement policy, Social Security, pensions, workplace retirement plans, demographic and workforce trends, and the lived experiences of Americans preparing for or living in retirement.
Florida’s Property Tax Initiative and the Unexpected Connection to Retirement Security
Property-tax relief could help homeowners facing rising costs—but what could it mean for the services they rely on and the retirement benefits of the public employees who provide them?
Recorded before a live audience at the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association conference, this Special Edition of Retirement in America examines Florida’s proposed property-tax changes, known as Amendment 3. The conversation looks beyond next year’s tax bill to consider how reduced revenues could affect staffing, emergency response, infrastructure, local control and public pension funding over time.
Watch this Special Edition Episode, Florida’s Property Tax Initiative and the Unexpected Connection to Retirement Security, below.
Workforce Turnover and Retention in the Public Sector: Insights from Public Pension Plans
This report examines how retention changes over public employees’ careers and varies across public workforces and retirement systems. The analysis draws on actuarial turnover assumptions and other information collected from 136 state-administered public pension plans representing 203 plan-employee groups and 12.8 million active members.
