Loren Rodgers
Business bankers see companies of different sizes, ages, industries, and they may think there are no surprises left… until they see what an ESOP does to a company’s financials.
Corey Rosen
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
