For the last few years, there has been a steady increase in momentum for Employee Ownership Month at ESOPs across the country. Every October, my social media feeds are filled with ESOPs finding new and creative ways to celebrate Employee Ownership Month and proudly display to the world what it means to be an employee-owned company. 

There’s still time to sign up for The ESOP Association’s Employee Owned 2024, the world’s largest gathering of employee owners, ESOPs, and professional service providers.  

Federal agencies have established policy to encourage government contracting with Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs).[1] Entities that are certified DBEs typically earn a significant amount of revenue that they may not otherwise earn because of DBE certification.

This year, TEA has been securing vital advancements to our policy agenda thanks to the unprecedented efforts of our members. It's easy to see that when our members engage and advocate for the ESOP community, legislative results are not far behind.

Mutual membership benefits will be extended across borders

For the last three years, the Employee Ownership Foundation has been proud to convene global thought leaders at the Oxford Symposium on Employee Ownership in the United Kingdom.  

In 2024, in a testament to the event’s growing importance in expanding employee ownership around the world, the Symposium saw a record number of atte

As we head into September, ESOPs across America begin to gear up in earnest for October and Employee Ownership Month. It’s always heartening to see the energy and enthusiasm on display during EOM, as our community celebrates the unique and unifying spirit of employee ownership. This year, we certainly have a lot to celebrate. 
 

Washington, D.C. – “Today, with great pleasure, I am signing into law a landmark measure that may finally give the American worker solid protection in his pension plan.”  With these words on September 2, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) into law.