On Monday, March 3, 1913, clad in a white cape astride a white horse, lawyer Inez Milholland led the great woman suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in the nation's capital. Behind her stretched a long line with nine bands, four mounted brigades, three heralds, about twenty-four floats, and more than 5,000 marchers. 3
When a retirement plan is fully funded, it's the result either of money you've contributed or of cash deposited by your employer. A fully funded retirement plan is one in which the participants -- either the plan member or plan sponsor -- are maximizing the available resources to adequately prepare for your retirement. Once you or your employer have done your part to get the plan well-funded, it's up to the investments in which the money is directed to keep the funding status strong.
What it pertains to is the percentage an employee gets from employer contributions to their retirement plan. Fully vested means that the employee now owns 100% of his/hers employer contributions to their retirement plans. The most common vesting schedule is a 5 year schedule that begins with 20% and finishes at 100%. Once at 100% with no breaks in service you stay at 100%.