Employee and Employer Contributions
In a standard divorce division, the alternate payee is typically awarded up to 50% of the participant’s account balance as of a certain date. But in a 401(k), you need to pay attention to both employee contributions (which vest immediately) and employer contributions (which may be subject to a vesting schedule). If the participant hasn’t been with Jewelers mutual insurance company savings plus long enough to fully vest in employer contributions, the alternate payee cannot receive part of that unvested amount.

