The Benefit Initiative for Creating a Financially Secure Workforce

Financial stress is wreaking havoc on workers. It affects their mental and physical health, as well as their working lives in numerous ways. In this session, gain a deeper understanding of employee financial security and how it impacts workplace productivity. Address the most effective and achievable way employers can use existing resources and benefits to make a difference in the financial security and overall well-being of their employees.

Learning Objectives:

1. How does the financial stress of employees affect them and the workplace
2. What are the greatest barriers to employee financial security
3. How can employers help create a financially secure workforce

Speaker Bio:

For over 20 years, Chris Thixton has been a retirement plan industry advocate, addressing the reality that most people aren’t on track for retirement. He works exclusively with plan sponsors and fiduciary committees, helping them improve the financial security of employees. He emphasizes fundamental concepts and practical approaches, as well as tackles sophisticated challenges facing retirement plan decision-makers.

Chris has developed and implemented a variety of systems that have improved clients’ retirement plans. He pioneered PCI’s vendor research system that includes extensive service-provider comparative analysis and benchmarking. Chris testified in Washington D.C. at the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration on fiduciary matters related to fee disclosure as part of the Hearing on Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements under Section 408(b)(2). He leads public workshops to train fiduciary committees and conducts private training sessions for individual fiduciary committees across the country.

Chris is a member of the American Retirement Association and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA). He currently serves on ASPPA’s leadership counsel. As a member of ASPPA, he serves as both a Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA) and Qualified 401(k) Consultant (QKC).