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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tasha Brown

Illinois can help small businesses avoid retirement savings crisis

Small businesses want to offer retirement plans for their employees, but often can’t afford it. Illinois’ Secure Choice program is an option. (Getty/iStockphoto)

There’s a looming retirement savings crisis across the country, and small businesses, especially those owned by people of color, are bearing the brunt of it.

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed Illinois small businesses to their limits and highlighted the importance of saving. But even before the pandemic, smaller businesses were less likely to offer a workplace retirement plan, often because they needed more administrative or financial resources to do so.

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