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A new NCEO issue brief, Equity Compensation in a Down Market: Repricing, Accounting, ESPP, and Employee Communications Issues, examines issues that arise in dealing with equity compensation plans in a down

The NCEO just completed a large grant-funded project examining whether and how employee ownership affected companies and employees in the U.S. food system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NCEO now has a new resource page on using employee ownership to attract and retain employees.

The NCEO has started a new Web site at esopinfo.org, A Visual Guide to Employee Ownership.

A new NCEO study commissioned by the Employee-Owned S Corporations of America (ESCA) found that workers who own their companies via an ESOP have far greater retirement security than the majority of the American workfor

Based on an analysis of 1,232 leveraged ESOP transactions at three large banks, 1.3% of ESOP companies in the sample defaulted on their loans in a way that imposed losses on their creditors for loans in effect between 2009 and 2013 (an average annual rate of 0.2%).

A new study by the NCEO has found that publicly traded companies with more than 10% employee ownership are neither more nor less likely to involve their workers in Total Quality Management (TQM) programs, work teams, mini-business units, quality circles, or other forms of participative management

Privately held ESOP companies must repurchase their shares from departing employees. This "repurchase obligation" can be substantial.

A new NCEO study concludes that 5 million employees work for companies with broad stock option plans. The estimate is probably conservative, but still reflects the enormous growth is this approach to employee ownership.

Data on equity compensation practices in closely held companies is hard to find. What data sets that do exist are generally based on client responses or are limited to the high-tech sector.