Employee Ownership Blog

The August 1 edition of Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the main business newspaper of Japan, included an op-ed supporting employee ownership.

Every year the NCEO releases the Employee Ownership 100, the 100 largest companies that are majority-owned by their employees.

Eugene Scalia, son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has been nominated by President Trump to be the new Secretary of Labor.

Following controversy over his role in a plea bargain for Jeffrey Epstein, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta offered his resignation on July 12, and President Trump announced that Patrick Pizzella would become the acting secretary.

The St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Worker Ownership Initiative of Nexus Community Partners to support employee ownership conversions of local businesses. B.

Vanguard released its annual How America Saves 2019 report on the retirement behavior of American workers and employers that use its administration services.

On July 9, Connecticut Governor Lamont signed an omnibus bill that included a provision permitting architectural firms to have up to 100% of their shares owned directly by an ESOP.

June 28 was Employee Ownership Day in the United Kingdom, and employee-owners from hundreds of companies around the country celebrated.

On June 19, 2017, the NCEO created the Employee Ownership Index, an index of 28 publicly traded companies that both have broad-based employee ownership and have won one of four major national employer rating awards, each of which puts a high emphasis on employee engagement (Fortune's 100 Best Com

The Washington Post reported on May 28 that Sen.

In its initial reporting on Sen. Sanders' new proposals discussed on this blog, Washington Post reporter Jeff Stein noted that the new proposals are "expected to face significant opposition from the business community."

Our May 15 update reported that employee-owned Mayville Engineering Company would remain employee-owned following its initial public offering.