fully vested status

A type of vesting schedule associated with retirement plans such as 401(k), 457, and 403(b) plans is referred to as Cliff vesting. The term vesting is used in order to define the percentage of an account balance that a participant in a retirement plan is entitled to.

Employers tie employer contributions to a vesting schedule

Mostly employers who sponsor a retirement plan use to tie employer contributions to a vesting schedule. The reason behind this is to entice participants to stay with the employer for a set number of years so that they may be fully vested, or entitled, to those employer contributions. In this way, the use of a vesting schedule may increase employee retention.

Percentage assigned by the vesting schedule

A percentage will be assigned by the vesting schedule based on years of service the employee completes. There are some vesting schedules that are based on a graded schedule where the employee receives, say, 20% vesting for each year. Such a schedule would merely mean that after five years of service the employee is 100%, or fully vested in the plan.

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