CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With millions of Americans resuming payments on their student loans this fall, there could be a way your employer can help cover those costs.
According to Forbes, there's a new provision called the Secure 2.0 Act, which allows employers to offer extra savings to workers paying off student debt. For context, Forbes researchers say some 44 million Americans owe a combined $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt.
The Secure 2.0 Act gives employers the chance to pay out 401(k) matching contributions to workers making student loan payments. And here's a twist: employees can get the payout, even if they aren't contributing to their 401(k) on their own.
But the catch, and there's always a catch, is not just anyone's eligible, as it's up to individual employers to participate in the program. In the example Forbes found, a company paid its workers a 5% contribution to their retirement account for workers paying at least 2% of their salary toward student loans.
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