ESCA, the Employee-owned S
February 19, 2025
Please join us in Fort Lauderdale, Florida February 19-21 for ESCA's kickoff event of the year. Be sure to check back periodically for the agenda and registration information.
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Please join us for the Federal Policy Conference & Lobby Day being held at the Willard InterContinental September 10-12, 2025. More information to come next year!
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Please join us in Chicago, IL July 24-25 for the 2024 Midwestern Regional Policy Seminar. More information to come next year!
Read MoreGet the latest news and information about ESCA and S ESOPs.
ESCA works with policy and academic experts to produce intellectual capital and provide data to show the benefits of employee ownership in S corporations.
A new study by Rutgers finds the ESOP model offers competitive advantages for multinational ESOP companies and provides a "halo effect" of benefits for foreign employees.
Read ReportIn an ESCA-commissioned Alex Brill paper on the importance of regulatory certainty for S ESOPs, Brill says, “regulatory uncertainty creates burdens and risks that can discourage employee ownership".
Read ReportA new survey by the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) finds that employee-owners have significantly greater retirement security than most American workers.
Read ReportS ESOP = retirement security. 56% of millennial employee-owners have at least 6 months of salary saved, while 66% of millennials at non-ESOP companies have nothing saved. S ESOPs are crucial for providing workers with financial stability. #SESOP https://bit.ly/Zogby
No matter the outcome of today’s voting, it will be more important than ever to educate new and returning lawmakers on the benefits of S ESOPs. ESCA remains committed to advancing employee ownership in Washington. #SESOP #employeeownership
Bill Roark, co-founder of ESCA Board Member company Torch Technologies, shares how employee-ownership serves as the core of his company’s culture. For him, there is nothing more priceless than being able to give back to his employees. @TorchHuntsville
Is it a coincidence that Kansas City’s leading firms are S ESOPs? Find out how companies and employees benefit from employee-ownership in an interview with ESCA member companies @ESS_emerysapp, @hendersonengs, @BurnsMcDonnell, and @GarneyConstruct.
Thank you, ESCA member @LewisTreeSvc, for your tireless efforts in helping communities struck by disaster. Lewis employee-owners are working hard to restore areas impacted by fallen trees and power lines from Hurricane Helene.
Since 1998, ESCA’s membership has grown to represent more than 250,000 employee-owners in virtually every state in the nation. ESCA company members engage in a broad spectrum of business activities and are a variety of sizes – from 25-person businesses to companies with 25,000+ employee-owners – but all have one thing in common: a commitment to protecting the S corporation ESOP structure and promoting it so that more working Americans can become employee-owners.
