Employee Ownership Blog

Employee ownership brings out the innovative spirit, and at our annual conference last week, four companies that embody that creativity in dramatic new ways received the 2012 Innovations Award.

Attendees at our annual conference saw the unveiling of the 4:30-minute trailer of the new film We the Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream. The trailer is now available to the public at www.wetheowners.com

The Vermont Employee Ownership Center's 10th annual conference will be June 8 in Burlington.

Rutgers University announced the 2012-2013 Employee Ownership Fellows. The new awards bring the total number of research fellows up to 72. The program is managed by Dr. Joseph Blasi, who holds the J. Robert Beyster professorship.

The Foundation for Enterprise Development's film We the Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream will be shown in trailer form at the 2012 NCEO/Beyster Employee Ownership Conference.

The Certified Equity Professional Institute (CEPI) at the University of Santa Clara offers the only certification for people involved in running equity compensation plans. The deadline for the June 9 exam is April 27.

On March 1, John Jumper, the former chief of staff of the Air Force, became the CEO of one of the best-known companies in employee ownership, SAIC.

The Ohio Employee Ownership Center conference is in just a few days. Taking place in Akron this Friday, April 20, the conference features breakouts sessions on a range of topics and a keynote presentation by Joseph Blasi of Rutgers University.

On March 23, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer announced proposals that would affect several areas relevant to employee ownership.

At a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis responded to questions from many members of Congress about the agency's proposal to change the definition of a plan fiduciary.

The Mondragon Cooperative Corporation (MCC), the most famous network of worker cooperatives in the world, announced two major international expansions. The MCC, headquartered in the Basque region of Spain, employs over 80,000 people in over 150 cooperatives.

Deloitte's 2012 global share plan survey covers the eligibility and participation, plan design, communications practices, tax compliance, country specific administrative practices, and administration of various types of equity compensation offered by multinational companies.