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The Indian Finance Ministry proposed that state-owned enterprises be required to provide all performance-related pay to executives in the form of stock options, known in India as employee stock option plans (ESOPs); as with China, the acronym refers to something quite different from a US ESOP.

Governor Eric J. Holcomb of Indiana has issued a proclamation officially designating October as Employee Ownership Month. 

Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock has introduced a program to encourage banks to loan to ESOPs. The state will buy certificates of deposit from those institutions at reduced rates, increasing their funds available to loan.

The Ownership Dividend, a new report from an independent panel of leading business leaders in the UK, urges the government to take several steps to promote employee ownership, which it sees as crucial to improving the UK's economy and

The NCEO's first-ever survey asking companies about their ESOP transactions is now closed. We will be releasing data from the survey over the upcoming months, but initial results show that the vast majority (93%) of respondents are either satisfied or very satisfied with their transactions.

The Innovations in Employee Ownership Award recognizes innovative practices that result from having an engaged workforce of employee-owners, as well as ideas that tie stock to improved company culture or performance.

The Innovations in Employee Ownership Award recognizes companies whose innovative ideas keep employee ownership on the leading edge of the economy.

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.

The Wall Street Journal ran a story on July 7 featuring NCEO member and ESOP company Skyline Construction. The San Francisco-based company lets its 15 top managers decide how much of their pay will be fixed versus incentive-based. Most have chosen incentive pay.

In the U.S., it's common for companies to provide employee ownership as a benefit. Outside the U.S., executives in most countries strongly dislike that idea. They want employees to buy stock. But how can employees do that if they have limited discretionary income?