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Edward M. Coates, III
Economist, Division of Occupational Pay and
Employee Benefit Levels, Bureau of Labor Statistics
A BLS survey shows that profit-sharing plans today possess a variety of features. Rules for determining employer contributions, allocations among employees, and employees' access to funds differ widely among plans. This article describes major features of today's profit-sharing plans, defined as arrangements in which companies make contributions based on profits to individual employee accounts.
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