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An ESOP is a retirement plan—but also a way of living and running a company. For insights on both technical and cultural aspects of these plans—which provide benefits to employee owners, the company, the community, and exiting owners—and links to additional resources, see our web page titled What is an ESOP?
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Sep. 28
Congratulations to Hisco, which submitted the winning entry in this year’s Employee Ownership Month competition! A free copy of the poster will be mailed to all corporate members of The ESOP Association. Additional copies may be purchased in the ESOP Store.
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Sep. 22
The ESOP Association is announcing its planned schedule of events and activities that will carry the employee ownership community through the end of this year and into 2021.
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Sep. 18
Read about the exciting, expanded capabilities available for the ESOP community in the new home for TEA and the EOF; learn about a new virtual event, ESOP 2020; plan for Employee Ownership Month with our free tools, and prepare for all things ESOP by looking at our calendar of events and activities from now through summer of 2021.
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Sep. 16
State of the art facility will dramatically expand advocacy, education, and conferencing capacity in service of employee ownership mission.
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Sep. 02
Low wage earners especially need the benefits that only ESOPs can provide.
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Sep. 01
This issue brief describes common accounting practices for non-leveraged and leveraged ESOPs.
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COVID-19, remote work, hoteling, third shift
Apr. 27
As companies mull how to return to work, they may want to consider ways that the workplace may need to shift and adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some thoughts about how the future may look.
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Apr. 27
There has been a clear shift in the political environment propelled by public discussions of certain large, public companies obtaining loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), including Shake Shack, Ruth’s Chris and others[1]. During this time, many small businesses have been quoted in the press expressing frustration with their inability to access the PPP program prior to the first round of guarantee authority being exhausted.
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Apr. 24
New guidance assures that ESOP companies are eligible for key federal relief under the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Apr. 24
During the COVID pandemic, The ESOP Association works with Congress and the SBA to ensure ESOPs are eligible for Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) loans under the CARES Act. This critical guidance was issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury Department, and was supported by key ESOP Congressional Champions.
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