Employee Ownership Blog

Less than two weeks after the government of South Africa announced it would reduce the incentives for broad-based employee ownership, it reversed its decision.

A film titled Can We Do It Ourselves? explores the political economy and economic philosophy behind democratic control of companies by workers.

On May 6, Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced S.1212, the Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015.

A March 2015 Towers Perrin survey of 160 large public companies finds that many are rethinking their plans in light of the Supreme Court decision in the Fifth Third v Dudenhoeffer case.

In a surprise development, South Africa has reduced the number of points companies with broad-based employee ownership plans earn for Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) credit.

myStockOptions.com, a resource for information and resources on stock options and other forms of equity compensation has released a free app that features glossary terms, term-of-the-day, and an interactive quiz equity and executive compensation terms.

The Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (ECWD) will be July 10-12 at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. This biennial conference of the eastern region of the US welcomes worker cooperators, co-op developers, community and labor activists, funders, academics, and journalists.

Many ESOPs are required to file audited financial statements with their annual Form 5500 filing to the IRS and DOL.

On April 29, Representatives Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 (H.R. 2096).

The NCEO is currently compiling its annual list of the 100 largest employee-owned companies.

The NCEO staff and board thank the 1,420 people who joined us in Denver last week for the annual Employee Ownership Conference. Attendance set another record, with an 18% increase over last year's record. Mary Tilley of W.L.

The Vermont Employee Ownership Center will host its annual conference on June 2 in Colchester, VT, featuring a keynote by Steve Voigt, former CEO of King Arthur Flour Company, and 18 focused workshops designed to both inspire and inform.