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The Secure 2.0 Act provides for direct government contributions to retirement accounts for low- and moderate-income workers, though that won’t start until 2027.

Webinar highlights survey responses to possible solutions

Nontraditional workers—often referred to as contingent, gig, alternative, or independent workers—generally do not have access to employer-provided benefits such as a retirement plan or health insurance. Workers without retirement savings plans risk entering retirement without adequate savings.

Dreams of stopping work, or doing only fulfilling work, 15 years before their parents did are colliding with the realities of amassing enough money to do so.

The U.S. retirement system may seem flush — yet it ranks poorly in relation to those in other developed nations.

Do self-employment and “un-traditional work” really have the tools to optimize their taxes and retirement? What can we do to help them?

The passion economy is here to stay.
Times are changing, and once we except this shift we will be able to better understand the future of work. As a result, it’s inevitable that financial institutes, including the retirement industry will need to adapt themselves to these changes.

The current retirement system is clearly not fostering an adequate set of opportunities for non-traditional workers.

Understanding the history of retirement plans in the US will allow us to set up better for the future. With the changes to the work force and the shift to self-employment and “un-traditional work” we need to rethink the way we look at retirement plans.

As the nature of work is changing, financial industries, need to adapt and create new platforms for independent workers. The retirement industry for one, must be able to serve this large group of customers.

Freelance and other non-traditional workers face difficulties in saving for retirement. It is vital that we solve for this community that is estimated to be half of the US population by 2027.

The gap in retirement savings has created an estimated shortfall of $3.68 million!!
Yet the shifting dynamics, partly due to the pandemic, have given rise to a great opportunity to narrow this gap. The time to act is now.