These companies among the S.&P. 500 have given one-time bonuses to at least some of their employees and/or have increased minimum base wages.

Alaska Airlines
$1,000
American Airlines
$1,000
Apple
$2,500

Apple plans to bring back the vast majority of the $252 billion in cash that it held abroad and make a one-time tax payment of $38 billion on the repatriated cash. Apple estimated that its direct impact on the American economy would total more than $350 billion over the next five years.

AT&T
$1,000

AT&T was among the first companies to publicly announce plans to reward employees with a one-time bonus. Its announcement came about month after President Trump’s Justice Department sued to blocked its planned merger with Time Warner.

Bank of America
$1,000

Bank of America’s bonuses will cost the bank $145 million in 2018, or about 5 percent of the nearly $2.7 billion in savings it is expected to reap in 2018 from a lower, 21 percent corporate tax rate.

Bank of New York Mellon
$15/hour
BB&T
$1,200
$15/hour
Citizens Financial Group
$1,000
Comcast
$1,000
Comerica Bank
$1,000
$15/hour
Discover Financial Services
$1,000
$15.25/hour
FedEx
Unspecified
Unspecified
Fifth Third Bancorp
$1,000
$15/hour
Home Depot
Up to $1,000

Retailers like Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe’s have tied the size of bonuses to tenure, so that only employees who have been with the company for 20 years or more will receive the $1,000 maximum that was highlighted in their announcements. Few employees meet that requirement.

Humana
$15/hour
JPMorgan Chase
$15-18/hour
Kansas City Southern
$1,000
KeyCorp
Unspecified
Lowe’s
Up to $1,000
M&T Bank
$14-16/hour
Marsh & McLennan
$1,000
$16/hour
PNC Financial Services
$1,000
$15/hour
Regions Financial
$15/hour
Southwest Airlines
$1,000
Starbucks
Unspecified
SunTrust
$15/hour
The Travelers Companies
$1,000
$15/hour
Thermo Fisher Scientific
$500
U.S. Bancorp
$1,000
$15/hour
Verizon
50 shares of stock
Walmart
Up to $1,000
$11/hour

The day Walmart said it would use some of its savings under the new tax bill to provide wage increases, bonuses and expanded benefits to its hourly workers, it abruptly closed 10 percent of Sam’s Club stores, drawing criticism over the timing of the two moves.

Walt Disney Company
$1,000
Waste Management
$2,000
Wells Fargo
$15/hour
Zions Bancorporation
$1,000

These companies have expanded or given one-time contributions to employee benefits

Aflac
Increase matching of contributions to 401(k) accounts, pluse a one-time $500 bonus to 401(k)
FedEx
Unspecified increase to retirement plan contributions
Honeywell
Increase matching of 401(k) contributions
KeyCorp
Unspecified increase to retirement plan contributions
Lowe’s
Expand maternity and parental leave, as well as adoption assistance
M&T Bank
40 hours of paid time for volunteer work
PNC Financial Services
Additional $1,500 contribution to employee retirement accounts
Starbucks
New benefits for partner and family sick time, plus an additional 2018 stock grant
SunTrust
Increase contributions to 401(k) accounts
Visa
Increase matching of 401(k) contributions
Walmart
Expand maternity and parental leave, plus $5,000 for adoption expenses
Walt Disney Company
$50 million investment in employee educational programs

These companies have made charitable contributions

BB&T
$100 million
Boeing
$100 million
Citizens Financial Group
$10 million
Ecolab
$25 million
PNC Financial Services
$200 million
Regions Financial
$40 million
Southwest Airlines
$5 million
U.S. Bancorp
$150 million
Wells Fargo
$400 million