Employee Ownership

Employee ownership could be the key to solving our retirement security crisis

At a time when retirement seems out of reach for many Americans, there is clear and convincing evidence that people who work for private businesses with Employee Stock Ownership Plans (S corporation ESOPs) have far greater retirement security than the average American.

That is why when we were in Congress, we led bipartisan legislation to encourage

The Oxford Symposium on Employee Ownership 2023

I’ve just returned after attending the Oxford Symposium on Employee Ownership and wanted to share my experiences of the event. This is the second year that the Symposium has taken place. Organised by Graeme Nuttall OBE and Professor John Hoffmire, the aim is to bring together individuals and organisations active in employee ownership from across

7 ways in which businesses can better address poverty issues

Businesses can play a crucial role in addressing poverty issues in the USA and throughout the world by implementing strategies that promote economic and social equity. Business needs to be part of the equation of alleviating poverty. Ask any one who is struggling financially what would improve their situation and the answer will usually

Can Employee Ownership Help Save Capitalism from Itself?

Corey Rosen, Founder, National Center for Employee Ownership

Johnny’s Pizza House is a chain of 38 company-owned pizza and eleven franchise restaurants in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Johnny’s employees don’t just serve up slices—they get a slice of the company too. Johhny’s is 100% owned by its almost 1,000 employees though an Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Honoring the dignity of employees includes having them own more of the company

George Clason, in his classic book titled “The Richest Man in Babylon,” wrote this line: “A part of all I earned was mine to keep.” In the 1950s, a lawyer named Louis Kelso coined the term “Employee Stock Ownership Plan” (ESOP). The intent of ESOPs is to significantly increase employee incentives and productivity, while giving

Moving Toward 100% Employee Ownership through ESOPs

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The academic and practitioner literature on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) has developed significantly over the past decades, particularly with respect to the impact (improved growth and productivity) and different types of ESOPs (leverage and non-leveraged).

Yet, despite ESOPs being well-conceptualised, the deals struck in the real

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Does Everyone Want To Be An Owner

In theory, employee ownership through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is an almost perfect idea, since it benefits employees and businesses equally and simultaneously.

Shares are allocated to, rather than purchased by, the employees, which puts ownership within the grasp of many who might never own a business otherwise. Employees have a strong incentive to

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Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Their Effect on Productivity: The Case of Huawei

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are utilized by many successful companies across the world. This case study describes Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications equipment company, which heavily utilizes ESOP ownership, and applies Huawei’s results to describe ESOPs as a powerful tool for achieving corporate efficiency and growth. Using and analysis of Huawei’s annual reports, we argue

Why Shouldn’t Employees Own More of the Companies They Work For?

Dr. Steven Freeman of the University of Pennsylvania describes that granting ownership rights in corporations to employees has a profound effect on the employees´ commitment to the firms and we had also found that these organisations were using the best HR software by TrustRadius. A higher amount of employee commitment enables companies to

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Employee Ownership and Employee Health and Wellness

John Raines and Donna Day-Lower write in Modern Work and Human Meaning that “Work is not first of all what we do to “make” a living. Work is human living – human being and human becoming.” Purposeful, rewarding work is a key source of good life, with job satisfaction being strongly linked to overall happiness.

Employee Ownership and the John Lewis Partnership

In a world where much economic wealth revolves around the 1% and where many managers are wondering how to encourage employees to show more “ownership,” the UK-based retailer John Lewis has a novel solution: make employees owners.

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) comprises 45 John Lewis retail shops (similar to Nordstrom in the US), over 300

Employee Ownership Mutual Funds

When companies participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), the results are fairly conclusive. A Rutgers University comparison of benefits between ESOPs and non-ESOPs shows that employee ownership plans are financially beneficial for workers. Individuals who participate in ESOPs are likely to reap greater financial rewards than those whose employer plans are the traditional

How to Save Capitalism

A robust and relatively wealthy middle-class has long been a trademark of the United States. This is still the case, although in recent years we have seen the middle class, as well as the poorest of Americans, lose a portion of their share of the economic pie.

A recent New York Times study shows that America’s

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While People Are Here In The US, Why Not Teach Them To Be Owners?

The potential for a long-term job with competitive wages, cash bonuses, paid sick leave and an outstanding retirement plan is an attractive employment opportunity for any job seeker, especially in the wake of what has at times been called “the jobless recovery.” These are real benefits that are provided as part of an employee stock

Incentives, Ownership and Productivity

Regardless of all operational, strategic and management factors, staff productivity can make or break a business. Recruitment and training are thus fundamental to any CEO’s efforts to ensure or improve worker output. Still, many firms struggle in these areas, and many others wonder what more can be done. Employee ownership is a complement to recruitment

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Continuing Advantage: Reflections of a Former Employee-Owner

What does working for an ESOP company mean to an ex-ESOPer? Plenty!

In 1991, I joined the staff of Berkeley Policy Associates (BPA), a small social policy research/program evaluation firm in Oakland, California. In 2011, two months shy of my twentieth anniversary, I left BPA to enter the PhD program in English Literature at the University

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Web Industries: Investing in Employee Financial Wellness

Web Industries, a material-converting and manufacturing company, was started by Robert Fulton in 1969. In 1985 Fulton began offering stock to the employees, and in 2000 the company became 100 percent employee-owned. Josh Chernin, the Vice President of European Operations, says that Fulton felt that though he had started the company, the employees had built

2020-10-28T14:34:28-05:00

Employee Ownership — An Idea Many Agree With, Few Know

The philosophy behind an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) has three parts, according to ESOP advisors: broaden ownership of capital, create financial security and incentives, and urge better employee productivity. It is a wonder that ESOPs are not more prevalent with such a philosophy.

ESOPs are not new. The early makings of an ESOP began in

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