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Megacompany Employee Churn Meets 401(K) Vesting Schedules: A Sabotage On Workers' Retirement Wealth, Samantha J. Prince
Megacompany Employee Churn Meets 401(K) Vesting Schedules: A Sabotage On Workers' Retirement Wealth, Samantha J. Prince
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Retirement wealth inequality and retirement security are issues that the United States has been grappling with for years. Low-paid and minority workers are most likely to be unable to accumulate retirement savings over time. This Article spotlights Amazon, one of America’s largest employers and one that has very high employee turnover. To be vested in Amazon’s 401(k) matching contributions, an employee must be there for three years—a requirement that is not being met given the much quicker turnover in their low-paid, predominantly minority warehouse workforce.
Until now, there has not been discussion about the grossly unfair result of mixing high …