Employee Ownership Again Common in Best 100 Companies to Work For

Thirty-seven of the 73 companies with stock on the Fortune 2016 Best Companies to Work For list have some kind of broad-based ownership plan (27 employers on the list are partnerships, nonprofits, or subsidiaries of foreign corporations). The percentage is consistent with prior years.

Of the 37, six are majority employee-owned (R.W. Baird, PCL, Publix, W.L. Gore and Associates, Burns & Mcdonnell, and TD Industries). All but Baird and PCL have ESOPs. Seven companies make employees at least broadly eligible for equity grants, and each of these companies also has an ESPP. Two companies have minority ESOPs. Twenty-eight companies have employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs).