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Jan. 28
The Pennsylvania State house has passed HB 285 which would permit the deferral of taxation on a lump-sum distribution from Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP). The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), puts the state on par with the rest of the nation and allows certain business owners who sell stock to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) to defer capital gains taxes collected at the sale of the business.
Jan. 27
Welcome to the first ESOP Report of 2022. Each month the ESOP Report is sent to TEA Members to keep them apprised of the latest topics, trends, news, and events in our community. 
Jan. 07
January 2022 Hawaii Chapter of The ESOP Association's Name in the Newsletter winner, Chapter Awards, letter from the Chapter President, ESOP Focus & More!
Jan. 05
Looking for a good winter brew? Look no further than these seasonal beers from a few of our favorite ESOP Breweries.
Jan. 03
National, Regional, and Chapter Meetings Happening All Year!
Employee Ownership Month, Employee Ownership Foundation, ESOP Association, ESOP Blog, Resource, Employee Resources
Aug. 26
Let us help you spread the word on employee ownership this October.  
Recently, we were talking to one of our members about her ESOP company’s preparations for Employee Ownership Month (EOM). She shared some of her concerns: 

She was not sure how much bandwidth her fellow employee owners would have for EOM activities, especially since many have school age children who will be home while attending classes remotely this fall.  
Aug. 10
Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations' Kelso Fellows, supported by The Employee Ownership Foundation (EOF) have released the results of their nationwide ESOP survey. To see the results please visit the EOF website: https://employeeownershipfoundation.org/foundation-research. 
Aug. 03
In this month's edition of your member newsletter, read about an exciting new bill that can help promote ESOP expansion, , a new research project funded by the Employee Ownership Foundation and that is seeking ESOP companies to participate, updated plans for judging the AACE and Employee Ownership Month competitions, new networks on The HUB, final electronic disclosure regulations from the Department of Labor, and more. 
Chapter News, Resource
Jan. 31
Review of 2017 government relations efforts.
ESOP Blog, Resource
Jan. 31
I am hearing increasingly from certain thought leaders that current ESOP laws do not create “good” employee ownership plans.
Anytime we ESOP advocates encounter someone who takes such a view of ESOPs, we need to ask ourselves, “Why does that person think ESOPs are not good employee ownership plans?” When we know the answer, we can counter the ESOP cynic’s point of view.
In my experience, there are three main criticisms of ESOPs. I’ll deal with each one in a separate blog post.
The first criticism maintains that ESOPs are bad retirement plans.