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Carol Ashley, Vice President of Advocacy at the Shriver Center stresses that the lack of access to an employment based retirement savings plan is most detrimental to low wage workers and minorities.

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Law Signed Securing Retirement Option for Workers Across Illinois

On Jan. 4, Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 2758 (SB 2758) to create the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program. The program establishes the option of an individual retirement plan for more than two million Illinois private sector employees who currently do not have access to any retirement plan at work.