Corporate Plan Sponsor of the Year Finalist: Thermo Fisher Scientific

 As part of a plan revamp intro­duced in January 2008, Waltham, Massachusetts-based Thermo Fisher Scientific started matching 100% of an employee’s deferral, up to 6% of pay. The company also implemented automatic enrollment with a 6% default deferral for new hires in 2009, plus immediate eligibility and immediate vesting.