Thursday, February 21, 2008
Tweet[IWS] DOL: RETIREMENT PLANNING GUIDE [21 February 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Press Release
U.S. Labor Department unveils online resource to help Americans chart retirement finances [21 February 2008]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/ebsa20080224.htm
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today released a new online resource that makes it easier for Americans to prepare for a financially secure retirement. A series of interactive worksheets were developed as a companion to a 2006 publication entitled "Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement Planning." Using the worksheets, individuals who are 10 to 15 years from retirement can calculate their income and savings as well as their projected expenses in retirement.
AND MORE....
Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning [21 February 2008]
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/nearretirement.html
[each chapter separately with interactive charts]
or
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/nearretirement.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
Table Of Contents
Chapter 1
Tracking Down Today's Money
Chapter 2
Tracking Down Future Money At Retirement & After
Chapter 3
Tracking Down Future Expenses
Chapter 4
Comparing Income And Expenses
Chapter 5
Five Ways To Close The Gap
Chapter 6
Making Your Money Last
Chapter 7
Tracking Down Help For Retirement
Resources
This online version of Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning includes interactive worksheets that you complete as you read each chapter. You can download the fully illustrated 62-page Adobe PDF narrative or call toll free 1.866.444.EBSA (3272) to order copies
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Press Release
U.S. Labor Department unveils online resource to help Americans chart retirement finances [21 February 2008]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/ebsa20080224.htm
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today released a new online resource that makes it easier for Americans to prepare for a financially secure retirement. A series of interactive worksheets were developed as a companion to a 2006 publication entitled "Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement Planning." Using the worksheets, individuals who are 10 to 15 years from retirement can calculate their income and savings as well as their projected expenses in retirement.
AND MORE....
Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning [21 February 2008]
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/nearretirement.html
[each chapter separately with interactive charts]
or
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/nearretirement.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
Table Of Contents
Chapter 1
Tracking Down Today's Money
Chapter 2
Tracking Down Future Money At Retirement & After
Chapter 3
Tracking Down Future Expenses
Chapter 4
Comparing Income And Expenses
Chapter 5
Five Ways To Close The Gap
Chapter 6
Making Your Money Last
Chapter 7
Tracking Down Help For Retirement
Resources
This online version of Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning includes interactive worksheets that you complete as you read each chapter. You can download the fully illustrated 62-page Adobe PDF narrative or call toll free 1.866.444.EBSA (3272) to order copies
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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