Impact of State Legislation on ESOP Creation

Does State legislation have an impact on ESOP creation? In 2012 Iowa, House File 2465, was signed into law on May 25.  This bill exempts 50% of the net income from taxation if a company is sold to an ESOP that owns at least 30% of the stock.  A review of the 2017 DOL data…


Employee Ownership Proclamations

Last year, INEO worked with the Indiana Governor’s office and the Indianapolis Mayor’s office to issue proclamations in support of designating October Employee Ownership Month.  This week we have initiated discussions with both the Governor’s and Mayor’s offices to ask for a similar proclamation in 2019. BUT I need your help as I would love…


INCEO and Central Indiana Small Business Development Center

The Indiana Center for Employee Ownership and the Central Indiana Small Business Development Center have agreed to to collaborate together to achieve the objectives of the Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018.  INCEO and the Central ISBDC will collectively provide a program to offer technical assistance and training on the transition to employee ownership…


INCEO and the South Central Indiana Small Business Development Center

The Indiana Center for Employee Ownership and the South Central Indiana Small Business Development Center have agreed to to collaborate together to achieve the objectives of the Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018.  INCEO and the South Central ISBDC will collectively provide a program to offer technical assistance and training on the transition to…


Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Stewardship, and the Virtuous Business

In case you missed it.  Dr. Van Doel, and Dr. Wilkinson were published in The DeVoe Report, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 54-58. The article illustrated how culture commonly reported in ESOP companies has similar characteristics to Stewardship characteristics.  Based on the data, the article illustrated how changes in productivity were significantly and positively related…


Is profit sharing/broad based capital ownership a new concept?

No not really…Did you know… On February 16, 1792, Washington signed into law a bill from the U.S. Congress that cut taxes for ship owners and sailors in the American cod fishery, in an effort to revive the failing industry. However, the tax cut was conditioned on a broad-based profit sharing arrangement between shipowners and…


Billy, Bobby & Retirement

This is a fictitious story about Billy and Bobby. Billy and Bobby grew up in the same town and were best friends.  They attended school together through college where they both received an engineering degree.  After college Billy accepted a position at ABC Company, where the company provided a 401K Plan with a 100% match…


Massachusetts Center For Employee Ownership

Congrats to Massachusetts for forming the newest State Center for Employee Ownership! STATE ALLOCATION REVIVES THE MASS. CENTER FOR EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP Cambridge, MA—June 27, 2019 Following a meeting with state officials at the Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD), the Massachusetts Center for Employee Ownership (MassCEO) received $50,000 dollars in state funding for its annual operating…


H.R. 2258

Many thanks to the following House Members for support of H.R. 2258:  HR 2258 is a bill to support the Promotion and expansion of Private Employees Employee Ownership Act of 2019.  Don’t see your representative on the list?  Feel free to contact them to ask for their support. Representative / Co-Sponsor Date Rep. Smith, Jason…


2019 Beyster Symposium

As a Louis O. Kelso Fellow at Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations, Dr. Van Doel will be attending the 2019 Beyster Symposium June 23-25 in La Jolla, California. The purpose of the annual symposium is to study broad-based forms of financial participation in capital ownership and capital income, such as broad-based employee…