Employee Ownership Blog

Thirty-nine years ago, we held our first annual conference. We had 175 attendees, including my uncle Bernie. Last year we sold out at over 1,900; this year, we were on track to sell out even sooner at over 2,000.

Update on March 16: Please read our revised coronavirus update and see the announcement on our conference website. -----------------------------------

A new process agreement between the Department of Labor and Farmers National Bank (FNB) was made public on February 28. It lays out a much more detailed process for evaluating whether an ESOP actually has and can pay for control.

On February 29, Milan Havel joined the staff of the NCEO as our controller.

The NCEO has launched the Spring 2020 CEPI Exam Prep Course.

Forty of the 78 employers among the 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For that can offer stock plans have some kind of broad-based plan.

During the February 19, 2020, debate of the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, moderator MSNBC anchor Hallie Jackson asked Pete Buttigieg about employee ownership: "Senator Sanders has a proposal that will require all large companies to turn over up to 20 percent of their owne

The NCEO is proud to announce the new members of its board of directors, following the election in January.  Six people will be serving new terms on the board:

On January 29, the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives and the Democracy at Work Institute released their annual report on the state of worker cooperatives in the U.S.

On February 12, the House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing titled "Challenges and Benefits of Employee-Owned Small Businesses." The hearing, which will begin at 11:30 am, will be live-streamed.

The Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank, issued a report on January 20 titled 

The NCEO exists to make employee ownership thrive, and our work—as measured by revenue—has more than doubled in the last decade. That growth means it is time for us to hire a controller.