Study Shows Workers Sticking with Retirement Plans

U.S. employees seem to be resisting the temptation to save less in their retirement accounts, a Hewitt Associates survey shows.

Savings rates have barely dropped, from 8 percent in 2007 to 7.8 percent in 2008, although there is a predictably aggressive shifting of assets from equities to more other investments. What's more, just 4 percent of employees have terminated their 401(k) plan contributions altogether this year, according to the analysis by Hewitt, a global human resources consulting company.