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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.
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Employee-ownership is turning working families into wealth builders!
Employee-owners have real skin in the game. They’re not just clocking in; they’re building their financial future. That shared ownership drives engagement, performance, and growth in their retirement savings.…
Just 33% of adults 50+ who are regularly saving for retirement believe they’ll have enough to retire securely.
Employee ownership helps fill that gap.
ESOP account balances significantly outpace their non-ESOP counterparts, offering workers a more secure path to retirement.…
ESOPs give companies a leg up during economic uncertainty.
Employee ownership makes businesses more resilient, more productive, and better prepared to weather tough times.
Read more via @Inc: https://tinyurl.com/mr2be66b
Thank you @SenRonJohnson's Regional Director Paul Truess for visiting @HatcoCorp to hear from employee-owners about the benefits of employee ownership in his home state of Wisconsin and discuss the importance of protecting S ESOPs.
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The Promotion and Expansion of Employee Ownership Act is a bipartisan step to help workers build wealth and keep businesses rooted locally.
As highlighted in the @CambridgeDay, employee ownership gives workers a stake in the companies they help build.
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64% of Americans fear they’ll run out of money in retirement. ESOPs can change that by helping working families build wealth and security for the long haul.
Report from @AllianzLife:
“It doesn’t happen by accident; it’s rooted in ownership.”
In the Lexington Herald-Leader, @messerwearebldg's Mark's Hill shares his employee ownership story and how he’s seen the transformative impact of ESOPs create retirement security for his colleagues.
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Since 1998, ESCA’s membership has grown to represent more than 270,000 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.
