OAKLAND, Calif., April 1: The National Center for Employee Ownership, working in conjunction with a major medical imaging company, will soon announce a breakthrough technology to help companies better measure how varying approaches to executive compensation affect executive performance.
The NCEO now estimates that there were 8,926 companies with ESOPs and similar plans in the United States at the end of 2011, including 6,941 companies with ESOPs and 1,985 with plans that, while not ESOPs, share a number of similar features.
In an August 31 Forbes article, A New Push For Employee Ownership in Chicago, Anne Field reports that the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation is worki
The National Center for Employee Ownership has posted a response to the Department of Labor proposal to define ESOP appraisers as plan fiduciaries. The response can be found at this link.
As part of a very long-planned transition, I will step down as executive director at our 30th annual conference in Denver in April 2011. As I explain in the note below, I will not be retiring from the NCEO; I will, however, be changing roles to continue as a member of the staff.
The NCEO is looking for a part-time project director to focus on the marketing and development of NCEO equity compensation materials and training programs.
Does your company have Web design expertise? Might you be interested donating some time to promote employee ownership around the world? From Australia and South Africa to the United Kingdom and the European Union, employee ownership is emerging as a rediscovered tool of national policy.
