Employee Ownership Blog

Corey Rosen

September 13, 2022

New NCEO Guides to State and Federal Legislation Available

The NCEO now has comprehensive guides to active and pending state and federal legislation on our website. The articles will be updated as needed. The state guide summarizes all the state bills that have become law, including creating state employee ownership centers, tax incentives for a sale to an ESOP, and allowing certain professional firms to organize as ESOP companies. The document also summarizes significant active legislative efforts. Links to the bills are provided where available.

Nancy Wiefek

September 08, 2022

2022 ESOP Executive Compensation Survey Report Now Available

The NCEO’s 2022 ESOP Executive Compensation Survey report is now available. We extend our sincere gratitude to all of our survey respondents! We encourage all respondents to use their discount codes, sent via email, to receive 75% off purchase of the report.

Chris Cooper, Michael Palmieri

September 01, 2022

Reflections on Culture: the National Employee-Owner Summit

At the National Employee-Owner Summit, we spent time with an amazing and diverse group of employee-owners from around the country. Here are three things we learned.

Dallan Guzinski

September 01, 2022

NCEO Releases 2022 Employee Ownership 100

Every year we release the Employee Ownership 100, the 100 largest companies that are majority-owned by their employees. Many are 100% employee-owned.

Timothy Garbinsky

August 31, 2022

EO Equals Launches Allied Partner Program

Launched in October 2021 (timed to coincide with Employee Ownership Month!), EO Equals is a research-backed national media campaign designed to expand the employee ownership movement.

Aaron Supple

August 30, 2022

New State and Industry ESOP Slides Now Available

Newly updated state-by-state ESOP slides are now available in our members-only area. These downloadable PowerPoint presentations are a member benefit breaking down the ESOP community in each state. The new slides reflect the most up-to-date data on ESOPs, including state-level statistics on the number of ESOPs and participants, an industry breakdown, the dollar value of plan assets and distributions, and more.

Corey Rosen

August 23, 2022

California California Employee Ownership Act Becomes Law

Governor Newsom has signed the California Employee Ownership Act. Both houses approved the bill unanimously. A broader version of the bill previously passed the Senate, but the bill was pared down in the Assembly. The Senate agreed to a pared down version with the understanding that an effort will be made to add the deleted features in the governor's next budget proposal.

Corey Rosen

August 02, 2022

Bipartisan Federal Procurement Bill Would Expand Incentives for 100% ESOP Contractors

Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) have introduced S. 4623, the AGILE Procurement Act of 2022, which aims to streamline federal procurement practices in the technology area. Peters chairs the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Corey Rosen

July 27, 2022

CHIPS Act Adds Employee Ownership to Manufacturing and Innovation Training Programs

Congress has passed HR 4346, the CHIPS Act (previously called the America Competes Act), which now heads to Presdient Biden for signature. The bipartisan bill is primarily designed to make it easier for American chip and other technology manufacturers to compete worldwide, but it also contains a pilot provision (Section 25B) that directs Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs) to provide awards for a variety of worker education and training programs, including employee ownership.

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