Retirement Plans, Benefits & Savings
|
Small Business Pension Plan Options
The Department of Labor has been working with a number of partners to educate small business owners about various simple retirement plan options, such as SIMPLEs (Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers), SEPs (Simplified Employee Pensions), Individual Retirement Accounts, payroll deduction plans, and 401(k) plans.
The education developed by the Department and its partners include "The Small Business Advisor." This site allows businesses to review various retirement plan options available to them with a description of the features of each. Based on the responses to key questions, such as number of workers employed by the company and the decision to contribute or not to contribute to the workers' retirement, plan options are provided to the business owner. The site contains a thorough description of each type of plan and provides copies of the forms for establishing a SIMPLE or SEP/IRA.
By starting a retirement savings plan, employers will help their employees save for the future. Retirement plans may also help employers attract and retain a qualified pool of employees and offer business tax savings. The employer can help secure their own retirement as well.
DOL Web Pages on This Topic
Retirement Savings Education
Campaign
Provides information about the Department of Labor's campaign
to raise retirement savings awareness among women, minorities, low-income
workers, and small businesses.
The Small Business Retirement
Savings Advisor
Provides information about retirement savings options
for small business employers and can help to determine which program is most
appropriate for a business.
Easy
Retirement Solutions for Small Businesses
Provides information about
retirement plan options for small businesses.
Savings Incentive Match
Plan for Employees of Small Businesses
Provides information about the
basic features and requirements of SIMPLE plans that involve individual
retirement accounts or annuities (SIMPLE IRAs).
SEP Retirement Plans For Small Businesses
Provides a guide to Simplified Employee Pensions for small businesses.