ESOP Advocacy Issues
For decades Employee Stock Ownership Plans have received unprecedented bipartisan and bicameral support in Congress. This is only possible because of the tireless work of our passionate community. However, there are some fundamental issues that our community must rally around if we want to continue to grow and thrive in the years to come.
Current ESOP Advocacy issues
The ESOP Association requests that you please consider co-sponsoring the legislation and getting this legislation to a vote after more than a decade in Congress.
To both support American competitiveness and to help address the “silver tsunami” would you support grant funding for state employee ownership centers that offer education and technical assistance to businesses seeking to explore, convert to or manage an ESOP?
The ESOP Association is seeking regulatory clarity from the U.S. Department of Labor on a range of essential topics. This guidance clarity is needed so ESOPs do not continue to make business decisions under a fog of regulatory uncertainty.
Latest Advocacy News
The ESOP Association Statement of Support for Bipartisan House “Golden-preneurship Act”
House Education and Labor Committee Passes Retirement Security Package
House Education and Labor Committee Passes Retirement Security Package
Includes Employee Ownership and Business Succession Provisions
Rep. Lucy McBath Introduces the Protecting America’s Retirement Security Act
Rep. Lucy McBath Introduces the Protecting America’s Retirement Security Act
Includes Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative at US Department of Labor
SECURE Act 2.0 Passes House: Includes Provisions Benefitting ESOPs
SECURE Act 2.0 Passes House: Includes Provisions Benefitting ESOPs
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2954, the Securing A Strong Retirement Act (SECURE 2.0) by a massive bi-partisan majority of 414 to 5. Included in the House-passed version are two provisions that will assist Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) or business owners seeking to establish them.
Senate Passes Spending Bill With Key Employee Ownership Provisions
Senate Passes Spending Bill With Key Employee Ownership Provisions
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed H.R.