Here are a few more for the record.
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(Tulsa, Oklahoma) ? this heating and cooling firm gave $1,000 bonus checks to 2,000 employees:
AccuWeather (State College, Pennsylvania) ? year-end bonuses to all employees. (Approx. 450 ? 500 employees
Advance Financial (Tennessee) ? increase in 401(k) match; increase in profit sharing; increase in charitable donations:
Advanced Sciences and Technologies, LLC (Berlin, New Jersey) ? increased 401(k) match for employees.
Aflac ? increase 401(k) match from 50% to 100% on the first 4% of compensation plus one-time $500 contribution to every employee?s 401(k); $250 million increase in overall U.S. investment.
Alaska Airlines -- $1,000 bonuses for 22,000 employees
Amarillo National Bank ? $1,000 salary increases for over 300 employees:
Americollect ? $300 - $500 bonuses for 250 employees
American Airlines -- $1,000 bonuses for every employee (excluding officers). The bonuses will total $130 million. AA had 127,600 employees as of Sept. 2017.
American Bank ? $1,000 bonuses for 60 employees
American Community Bank & Trust (Woodstock, Illinois) -- $500 bonus to each employee; additional employees will be hired
American Savings Bank ? $1,000 bonuses to 1,150 employees; base wage increase from $12.21 to $15.25
AndyMark, Inc. (Kokomo, Indiana) ? This mechanical and electrical parts supplier will be able to expand the business and hire more employees thanks to tax reform:
Anfinson Farm Store (Cushing, Iowa) -- $1,000 bonuses and 5% pay raises for employees
APPS Portamedic (Bellevue, Washington) ? employee bonuses:
Aquesta Financial Holdings -- $1,000 bonuses to 95 employees; base wage hike to $15 per hour
AR-15 Gun Owners of America (Warner Robins, Georgia) ? tax reform bonuses; increased salaries for all employees.
Arizona Public Service (Phoenix, Arizona) -- the utility requested a $119 million bill reduction for customers due to tax reform:
Associated Bank ? $500 employee bonuses (exact number receiving bonus unknown at this time); base wage will rise from $10 to $15 per hour
Atlas Air Worldwide -- $1,000 bonuses to 3,100 employees
AutoNation ? doubling of 401(k) match; launch of cancer benefit program:
AVANGRID (Orange, Connecticut) ? the utility is passing savings from tax reform to customers:
Ball Ventures ? $100 bonuses for every year of employment
Baltimore Gas & Electric ? the utility is passing on $82 million worth of tax savings, resulting in lower gas and electric bills for customers
BancorpSouth Bank ? pay raises for over 70 percent of employees; $1,000 bonuses for nearly 20 percent of employees
Bank of Advance (Advance, Missouri) -- $1,000 bonuses to all staff
Bank of Colorado -- $1,000 bonuses to all full time employees
Bank of Hawaii ? $1,000 bonuses to 2,074 employees; base wage increase from $12 to $15
Bank of the James ? raised base wage to $15 per hour for employees with more than one year of service
Bank Midwest (Spirit Lake, Iowa) -- $500 bonuses for full-time employees; $250 bonus for part-time employees.
Bank of the Ozarks ? Bonuses of up to $1,200 for 2,300 employees
BB&T ? $1,200 bonuses for 27,000 employees; base wage will rise from $12 to $15 per hour; $100 million in charitable donations
Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) ? base wage increased to $15 per hour; $1,000 bonuses to over 1,000 employees; investments in employee development and training; $2 million in additional charitable giving:
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (Houston, Texas) ? $1,600 bonuses for employees.
Camden National Bank ? permanent salary increases forthcoming; also $1,000 bonuses to all non-executive full-time employees; $750 bonus to part-time employees; total bonuses: $620,000
Canary LLC ? due to tax reform, the company will hire more employees and increase capital spending.
Capital One ? Capitol One is raising the base wage to $15 per hour for U.S. employees. The news was announced to associates on Tuesday January 9, 2018.
Carl Black Automotive Group ? bonuses to over 500 employees
Central Bancompany, Inc. ? Bonuses to 2,500 employees: $1,000 bonuses for full time employees; $500 bonuses for part time employees:
Central Pacific Bank ? all 850 employees will receive $1,000 bonuses; base wage will rise from $12 to $15.25
Charlie Bravo Aviation -- $1,000 bonuses to all six employees
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company -- $1,000 bonuses for all 1,400 employees
Circuit Interruption Technology Inc. -- dba CIT Relay & Switch (Rogers, Minnesota) ? One week of extra pay added to final 2017 paycheck; hiring of new employees, growing the staff by 10 percent:
Citizens Financial Group -- $1,000 bonuses for 12,500 employees and $10 million for charitable donations
Coach, Truck & Tractor, LLC (Conneaut, Ohio) ? higher Christmas bonuses thanks to tax reform for this family business with seven employees. Bonus amounts determined by length of service.
Cogent Building Group (Point Clear, Alabama) ? $2,000 bonuses for all four employees.
College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Missouri) -- $204 bonuses for employees:
Colling Pest Solutions ? employee bonuses
Comcast -- $1,000 bonuses to 100,000 employees; at least $50 billion investment in infrastructure in next five years
Comerica Bank -- $1,000 to 4,500 non-officer employees; base wage increase to $15 per hour
Commerce Bank ? 3,450 employees will receive bonuses -- $1,000 for full time employees and $250 for part time employees; $25 million in charitable donations
Community Trust Bancorp -- $1,000 bonuses for full time employees and $500 bonuses for part-time employees (exact number receiving bonus unknown at this time)
Copperleaf Assisted Living ? $200 - $600 bonuses for 175 employees
Cornerstone Holdings ? employee bonuses
Customers Bank (Wyomissing, Pennsylvania) ? increased charitable contributions of $1 million:
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport -- $1,000 bonuses for 1,900 employees.
Dayton T. Brown Inc. (engineering/testing company) -- $400 bonuses for each of the 210 employees
Delaware Supermarkets Inc. -- $150 extra bonuses to 1,000 non-management personnel.
DePatco, Inc. ? employee bonuses
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. -- $1,000 bonuses for non-executive employees
DTN (Burnsville, Minnesota) ? DTN, an independent provider of information and actionable insights in the areas of agriculture, transportation and energy, and publisher of The Progressive Farmer, gave $1,000 bonuses to nearly 700 employees.
Dyer Capital Management, Inc. (Marion, Massachusetts) ? Base wage raised 3.5% to $22 per hour; hourly employees also received a special one-time bonus:
Eagle Ridge Ranch ? employee bonuses
Eagle Telephone System, Inc. & Eagle Valley Communications (Hells Canyon Snake River Corridor, Oregon) -- $1,000 bonuses; together the companies have 19 employees:
EastIdahoNews.com ? employee bonuses
Eberle Communications Group, Inc. ? increased 401(k) match from 25% to 50% for all 45 employees
Elite Roofing Systems (Idaho) ? employee bonuses
Elite Clinical Trials, Inc. ? employee bonuses
Emkay, Inc. -- $1,000 bonuses for 150 employees
Employers Mutual Casualty Insurance (Des Moines, Iowa) -- $1,000 bonuses for employees with the exception of Vice Presidents and above.
Ennis, Inc. -- $500 bonuses to 2,200 non-management employees
ES Bancshares, Inc. -- $500 bonuses to non-executive full-time employees; $250 bonuses to part-time employees; creation of at least ten new jobs; further business expansion:
Eversource Energy (Boston, Massachusetts) ? the utility will pass along tax savings to customers:
Express Employment Professionals -- $2,000 bonuses to more than 200 non-executive employees
FireBird Bronze (Damascus, Oregon) ? thanks to tax reform this full-service foundry with nine employees is able to offer health insurance for the first time. They are also upgrading equipment and hiring, and building a new facility in Troutdale, Oregon with plans to be up and running by the Spring.
FirstCapital Bank of Texas ? $500 bonuses to 197 employees
First Farmers Bank & Trust (Converse, Indiana) ? minimum bonus of $750 to each full time employee; base wage will rise by $2.50 per hour:
First Financial Bancorp -- base wage raised to $15 per hour; $3 million charitable contribution
First Financial Northwest, Inc. (Renton, Washington) ? $1,000 bonuses to all 138 non-executive employees:
First Hawaiian Bank ? $1,500 bonuses to 2,264 employees; base wage increase to $15
First Horizon National Corp. ? $1,000 bonuses to 4,000 employees
First Merchants Corporation (Muncie, Indiana) ? $1 per hour wage increase for hourly employees; $500
bonuses for full-time employees, excluding senior management; pro-rated bonus for part-time employees:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (Itasca, Illinois) ? Base wage raised to $15 per hour; $1,035 bonuses for 85% of employees; $2 million in additional charitable contributions:
First National Bank (Spearman, Texas) -- $1,000 bonuses for its 44 employees.
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber engineering (Grand Rapids, Michigan) -- $1,500 to all 400 full-time and part time employees:
Five Senses Spa, Salon and Barbershop (Peoria, Illinois) -- $500 bonuses for 20 employees; the company is also looking into additional employee benefits in 2018.
Flemington Car & Truck Family of Brands -- $500 employee bonuses
Fort Ranch ? employee bonuses
Gardner Company ? employee bonuses
Gate City Bank -- $1,000 hand-delivered bonus checks to 538 non-management personnel; $500,000 higher charitable giving; $500,000 worth of free home appraisals.
GetFoundFirst.com ? employee bonuses
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. -- 1,200 employees to receive a bonus: full time employees receive $1,000 and part time employees receive $500
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. ? base wage raised to $15; $500 or wage increase for 70% of workforce; doubling of grants to community investment program
Group 1 Automotive (headquarters in Houston; 115 dealerships nationwide) ? $500 cash bonuses for non-management dealership employees and operational support staff in the United States:
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company ? base wage increased to $12 per hour; additional $75,000 in charitable donations:
HarborOne Bank ? $500 bonuses to 600 bank employees; base wage raised to $15 per hour
Harford Alarm Company (Bel Air, Maryland) ? $1,000 bonuses for all 13 employees.
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. -- $1,000 bonuses for employees making less than $75,000 per year. This amounts to 9,500 employees.
Hawaii National Bank -- $1,000 bonuses
Heartland Bank (Geneva, Nebraska) ? $1,000 bonuses for full time non-executive employees; $500 bonus to part time employees
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, Arkansas) ? $500 bonuses for 850 emplyees:
HomeStreet, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) ? Base wage increased to $15 per hour:
hour; acceleration of annual performance-based incentive program; additional community investments; accelerated investment in technological and operational processes; earnings benefits for shareholders; more to be announced:
IAT Insurance Group -- $3,000 bonuses for 685 non-executive employees
INB Bank -- $500 bonuses to 200 employees. The bonuses will exclude the Senior Management Team. The base wage will be raised to $15 per hour
Information First, Inc. (Info-First.com; Manassas, Virginia) -- $500 cash bonus for all 15 employees.
Inland Northwest Bank (Spokane, Washington) ? Base wage raised to $15; $500 bonuses to employees excluding Senior Management Team:
Insperity (Houston, Texas) ? tax reform bonuses will be paid to employees in February, totaling $17 million.
InUnison Inc. ? employee bonuses
JetBlue ? $1,000 bonus for all 21,000 employees
JimRinehart.com State Farm agent (Seaside, California) ? pay raises for employees:
Jones Auto & Towing (Riverview, Florida) ? the company, which provides 24-hour wrecker service, roadside assistance, emergency towing, and fuel delivery etc. will put two additional trucks into service, which will add two more full time jobs:
Jordan Winery -- $1,000 bonuses for each of its 85 employees
Kalb Industries of Nevada, Ltd. (Las Vegas, Nevada) ? pay raises for employees who have been with the company three months or longer:
Kansas City Southern -- $1,000 bonuses. (Exact number receiving bonus unknown at this time; the company employs 6,485)
Kauai Cattle LLC ? employee bonuses
Kish Bancorp, Inc. (Belleville, Pennsylvania) -- Base wage raised; $1,000 bonuses for full-time employees, $500 bonuses for part-time employees; $10 million in capital expenditures over the next three years; increased charitable giving by a minimum of $50,000:
Kramerica Properties (Merced, California) ? this small family-owned company gave each of the six employees a $2,000 tax reform bonus:
Lawrence Paper Company -- $500 bonuses for all 300 employees; $5 million in new equipment and expansion at all three locations
Lok-N-Logs, Inc., I Wood Care, and Webb Properties (Sherburne, New York) ? employees working for a year or more received a double paycheck; those working less than a year also received a bonus.
M&T Bank Corporation (Buffalo, New York) ? Base wage raised to $14 to $16 per hour based on location, a $25 million investment; employees receive 40 hours of paid time annually for volunteer/charitable/employee resource group activities.
MainSource Financial Group ? Base wage raised to $15 per hour:
MB Financial, Inc. ? base wage increased to $15 per hour; tax reform bonuses; and $7.5 million additional charitable contributions:
Melaleuca ? all 2,000 employees will receive a $100 bonus for each year they have worked at the company
Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (Boston, Massacusetts) ? Base wage raised to $15 per hour; additional 20% will be added to existing bonuses; increased capital spending including building six new branch locations; additional charitable contributions:
Mid-AM Metal Forming ? bonuses for 140 employees
Move It Or Lose It Moving LLC ? employee bonuses
MusicNotes ? Salary increases for employees
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