Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Benefit Plans

11. Benefit Plans

The Company’s 401(k) plan covers all of the U.S. employees beginning the first of the month following the first month of their employment.  Under this plan, employees may elect to contribute up to 15% of their current compensation to the 401(k) plan up to the statutorily prescribed annual limit.  The Company matches 100% of the employee’s elective deferrals up to 4% of their compensation.  The Company may make discretionary contributions to the 401(k) plan but there were no discretionary contributions during the years ended December 31, 2020 or 2019.  The Company also contributes to various defined contribution retirement plans for foreign employees.  The defined contribution for foreign employees is primarily related to contributions for employees of the Company’s China subsidiary.

The Company’s contributions to retirement plans were as follows:

	Years ended December 31,
	2020		2019
PCTEL, Inc. 401(k) profit sharing plan - US employees	$	729	$	645
Defined contribution plans - foreign employees		71		444
Total	$	800	$	1,089

Contributions for foreign employees were lower for the year ended December 31, 2020 due to fewer employees in Tianjin, China and because employer contributions to Chinese government sponsored retirement programs were not required during 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.