Employee Ownership Blog

In his retrospective on 2014, the UK Employee Ownership Association's Iain Hasdell noted that the number of employee-owned businesses in the UK increased by 9% during 2014, and the sector now is roughly the same size as the U

Dr. J. Robert Beyster, a former Navy ensign and scientist at Los Alamos, founded one of the best-known employee ownership companies in the United States, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), in 1969. He died on December 22 at his home in California.

Members in good standing of the NCEO are eligible to vote for their representatives on our board of directors. The election period is January 2 to February 3. All members should have received an email invitation to the ballot.

The annual list of the UK's best places to work, compiled by Glassdoor using worker feedback, put two companies with substantial employee ownership at the top of the list. Number one is Google, renown for its culture and for broadly offering equity compensation to its workforce.

John Case, a prominent writer on open-book management and the author of Equity, has launched www.retoolingcapitalism.com.

SEQOL, a home care company in Swindon, UK, has been awarded the Philip Baxendale Award, which recognizes excellence in employee-owned companies.

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) issued new guidance de

A bank, a port operator, an insurance company, and a dairy company are among the 20 firms that are issuing shares or options to their employees in China.

New research by Fidelity Investments finds that employees are less likely to borrow against their 401(k) plans when companies also offer an employee stock purchase plan, and when they do, they tend to borrow less.

The NCEO accept nominations and self-nominations for its board of directors until December 12.

A number of supporters of ESOPs were involved in this month's elections, but three are worth noting in particular. First, the expected majority leader of the Senate will be ESOP supporter Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who beat challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes.

When Virgin America took its stock public on November 13, 13.3 million shares became available to the public markets. In an unusual features of the deal, an employee ownership plan sold shares worth just under $5 million.