Kenneth C. Kelly is the President of Strativia, a financial management software development and services company specializing in applications for personal and business use. Strativia is the developer of Budget Forecaster, a sophisticated home budget and personal finance management software package. Website: http://www.strativia.com. Contact: info@strativia.com.
Organizations are increasingly offering some form of workplace financial education as part of their employee benefits program. They recognize the long-term intrinsic value of such a service. Other benefits to offering some form of workplace financial education include:
1. To increase participation in and contributions to 401(K), 403(B), and other retirement plans.
2. To help employees improve their personal financial wellness.
3. To help employees remove obstacles to fully funding their retirement plans.
4. To increase employee loyalty and morale.
5. To improve employees’ chances to retire early or on time.
6. To reduce employees’ stress.
7. To increase workplace productivity.
8. To reduce the incidence of employee theft.
9. To help employers avoid lawsuits.
10. To remove limits on tax-deferred savings for highly compensated employees.
To expand organizational options related to workplace financial education, Strativia works with companies to build branded financial education web portals and other web-based resources. These portals are accessed from the company’s intranet and are not available to the general public. These workplace financial education web portals serve as a platform to achieve specific educational initiatives, reach specific target groups, and as a public relations medium.
Strativia’s branded portals are creative and user-friendly with a focus on financial literacy, retirement planning and preparation, and investor education. Our workplace financial education web portals are designed to speak a cohesive message to your people. Providing the most current content along with interactive tools, assessments, surveys, calculators, and other resources helps ensure your employees find what they want when they need it.
Tools like those offered by Strativia help employees to place more importance on managing their money starting now. They learn to establish a spending plan, develop an emergency fund, understand investing, and implement a concrete retirement plan. The benefits of financial education web portals will positively affect these employees for a lifetime.
About Strativia
Strativia is a financial management software development and services company specializing in applications for personal and business use. Their software enables users to manage and understand their money matters. They are headquartered in Mitchellville, MD. Our software has been distributed throughout the U.S. and in several countries worldwide.
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