Workers at businesses in operation for at least two years with 25 or more employees will be required to have access to an individual retirement savings account through their employer by June of 2017 under the Secure Choice Savings Program, sponsored by State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago).
About 2.5 million private sector workers in Illinois do not have access to retirement plans through their jobs. Such eligible workers can participate in the state’s Secure Choice program and build retirement savings through a 3 percent payroll deduction. Workers covered by the measure are allowed to opt out of the program if they choose or reduce their payroll deductions.