September 20, 2012
--- The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
launched a website that offers information about fee disclosures to help
workers with defined contribution (DC) retirement plans. ---
The site helps workers see what they
are paying in fees and also includes tips and tools for making retirement
investment decisions.
“Workers deserve to know how much
they are paying for their retirement investments,” Assistant Secretary of Labor
for EBSA Phyllis C. Borzi said. “Fees can eat away at retirement savings.
Access to good information can lead to an increase of tens—even hundreds-of-thousands
of dollars—in retirement savings over the course of a career.”
According to EBSA, research has
shown that paying just 1% more in fees can lead to a 28% decrease in a 401(k)
account balance over the course of a career.
An EBSA webinar recording about how
to utilize the new fee disclosures is available at http://s.dol.gov/WM.
Workers in employer-sponsored health
and retirement benefit plans who have questions about benefits laws can contact
an EBSA benefits adviser at http://www.askebsa.dol.gov or 866-444-EBSA
(3272).
Kristen Heinzinger