Employee Ownership Blog

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When it comes to stock options, restricted stock, and other forms of equity compensation, a review of existing publications gives the impression that these plans exist only in public companies and usually only apply to a minority of employees.

Mestel & Company and Hire Counsel, two companies that provide legal recruiting and staffing services, became the first companies in their field to adopt an ESOP (which will cover participants from both companies). The ESOP will cover employees and attorneys who work on a contract basis.

The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), a pillar of inside-the-beltway journalism and an employee-owned company since 1947, has entered an agreement with Bloomberg, which plans to buy all of BNA's shares.

The Certified Equity Professional Institute (CEPI) at Santa Clara University offers the only recognized certification for the equity compensation industry.

The NCEO will sponsor A Forum for Private Companies on October 27, 2011 in Palo Alto, CA. The forum is an E*TRADE Directions Event, featuring expert-led sessions on trends and risks facing fast-growing private companies.

The cover of the September issue of Business & Industry Connection asks its readers to "imagine the results when every employee is an owner." The

An article in the current issue of Economic and Industrial Democracy (vol. 32, no. 3) draws on data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey to examine whether employee ownership companies invest more in skills training for their employees.

KPMG surveyed 350 public and private companies in India and found that nearly two-thirds offer stock options to employees.

The members area of the NCEO's Web site now includes an index of research reports available at no charge to members. Topics include the ESOP repurchase obligation, executive compensation, corporate governance and more.

The Global Equity Organization (GEO) is hosting the first National Equity Compensation Forum in Scottsdale, Arizona on September 14-16.