ESCA, the Employee-owned S
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ESCA works with policy and academic experts to produce intellectual capital and provide data to show the benefits of employee ownership in S corporations.
In 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 ReportA new survey by John Zogby Strategies found that employee-owners place a higher priority on their companies’ commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility than employees at non-ESOP companies.
Read ReportRegardless of the economic climate, S ESOPs are a major force of economic growth and job security. Learn more:
What is the special sauce enabling @BobsRedMill to stay “proudly employee owned.” Founder & CEO of @VeritAdvisors Mary Josephs outlines the ingredients from CEO Trey Winthrop in a new piece for @Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryjosephs/2023/10/31/how-savvy-esops-like-bobs-red-mill-natural-foods-excel-at-staying-private/?sh=4b326029759c
Amid turnover and hiring challenges, employee-owned S corporations stand out among their peers with better retention rates and worker satisfaction. Research by @theNCEO unveils how employee ownership nurtures loyalty and stability in today's economy. Read more via @PLANSPONSOR:
The S ESOP model has proven to succeed amidst economic uncertainties. While overall U.S. private employment in 2008 fell by 2.8%, employment in S corporation ESOP companies rose by 2%. The stats speak for themselves. See for yourself:
.@RepRonKind & @ErikPaulsen led bipartisan efforts to encourage private, employee-owned companies, boosting savings and retirement security. Learn more in a new op-ed in @TheHill:
“At a time when retirement seems out of reach for many Americans, there is clear and convincing evidence that people who work for private businesses with employee stock ownership plans have far greater retirement security than the average American.” Read more via @theHill:
Since 1998, ESCA’s membership has grown to represent more than 240,000 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 20,000+ 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.
