Retirement Confidence Survey Highlights Overwhelming Participant Support for Auto Portability Nearly Nine in 10 Workers With a Workplace Retirement Savings Plan View Auto Portability as a Valuable Service News provided by Share this article CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 31 st Annual Retirement Confidence Survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald Research has found that nearly nine out of 10 workers with access to an employer-sponsored defined contribution plan view auto portability—the new 401(k) plan default feature automatically transferring small-balance retirement savings when participants change jobs—as a valuable benefit. The survey results, released today, independently validate the findings from the study of mobile workforce behaviors conducted in April 2015 by Boston Research Technologies in collaboration with Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC, in which 93% of participants expressed their view of auto portability as an excellent or good service.