Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing

Two days to give and make a difference! During #RUGivingDays March 12-13 you can designate your gift to the fund of your choice, support your priorities, and show your values. Please give today, and help us continue our crucial work to help close the wealth gap by helping with business succession plans in N.J.! https://lnkd.in/dYU8m_wJ

?? ?? It's Rutgers Two Days of Giving! What's the event all about? It’s when we unite as one on two very special days to expand access to academic excellence, build community, and show our commitment to the common good. Every gift on #RUGivingDays makes a difference! Specifically, your donations for our institute go towards helping State of New Jersey businesses with succession planning, and closing the wealth and gender gaps that exist in America. Click here to give today! Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations Alumni Association (SMLRAA) https://lnkd.in/dYU8m_wJ

Our friends over at Mathematica know that ESOPS are: ?? Nonpartisan. ?? Often outperform their competitors. Our Institute Directors, Bill Castellano Ph.D. and Associate Director, Adria Scharf were quoted in a recent article titled "The Economic Benefits of Employee Ownership." Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eyjDpDZT

Happy International Woman's Day! ?Here at the Institute, we are working every day to improve gender and racial wealth inequality in the U.S. Supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a Rutgers-led team of researchers interviewed close to 200 employees at 21 companies that offer an ESOP retirement account. About half of the workers surveyed are defined as low-income or moderate-income based on earnings. The ESOP account gives them significant wealth, above and beyond their wages and other income. The?three-year study?finds that while ESOPs do not eliminate gender and racial wealth inequality, they significantly narrow the gaps. In the study, Glenda Gracia-Rivera, Senior Program Director at the Rutgers University - Center for Women and Work, said: "The gender wealth gap is fundamental to inequality, and this study shows the potential of employee ownership to begin to address it." To read more about this cutting-edge work, click here: https://lnkd.in/eBv6kt5D #womenandwork #IWD2025

We believe that strengthening State of New Jersey businesses benefit everyone. It's never too soon to think about succession planning. Join us on March 27th for: ? Insights from top business leaders. ? Updates on current status of ESOP'S today (employee stock ownership plans) from the Forbes #1 Jersey based employer, Rutgers. ? Refreshments and lively discussion. Space is limited, register here: https://lnkd.in/ea8QpUU3

?? ?? Breaking News! We've extended the deadline to April 1 for the Pete Stavros Fellowships in the Economics of Employee Share Ownership as well as our other Institute fellowships. The Institute will offer approximately 10 competitive research fellowships ranging from $10,000-$50,000. Click here to apply: https://lnkd.in/eczH2tZh #employeeownership #fellowship

?? Congratulations to Fernandez Del Valle and Gonzalo Hernández Gutiérrez, PhD, editors of "Employee Ownership in the Americas: A Path to Shared Prosperity." They are winners of the?2025 William Foote Whyte and Kathleen King Whyte Book Prize, which recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of economic democracy. Their work, which includes case studies that demonstrate broad-based employee ownership not only achieves better job performance in large companies and small businesses, but also aligns with other trends that are becoming the new normal, such as shared capitalism, corporate responsibility beyond shareholder primacy, and community wealth creation. #book #economics #highereducation To learn more about the prize, follow along here: https://lnkd.in/gS_Wn74j

Wealth inequality is one of the most pressing issues of our time.?But what can we do about it? ?? In their new book "Employee Ownership in the Americas: A Path to Shared Prosperity," authors Rodrigo Zuluoaga Fernandez Del Valle and Gonzalo Hernández Gutiérrez, PhD analyze and demonstrate how models of shared ownership can serve as building blocks towards shared prosperity and help counter the growing income disparity faced by many nations. ?? This book is a collaborative effort of academics, researchers, and professionals from US, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, France, Spain, and Colombia. It was inspired by companies and entrepreneurs who favor the participation of employees in decision making and include them as owners, by non-profit organizations that promote employee ownership, and by the research and experience of several of its authors. #books #wealth #highereducation ? Available for free here: https://lnkd.in/eSrGfRSi

?? Exciting news!?We the Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream?is now available for free from the Rutgers Institute.? ??? This award-winning documentary explores how employee-owned companies redefine?business success by sharing ownership with their workers. Why is this film more relevant than ever? As economic challenges persist, employee ownership remains a powerful yet underutilized tool for building wealth and strengthening businesses. ? The 2025 edition includes changes at the featured companies — like the sale of New Belgium — plus new educational materials, case studies, and a discussion guide, thanks to a collaboration with the Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development. Now, you can watch it anytime, anywhere. Let’s keep the conversation going! #business #work https://lnkd.in/gvtJFkx2

Webinar Alert for 12/16 from our colleagues at UC Berkeley: https://lnkd.in/eXD3S__t POWER Act Report Debut: Benefits, Barriers, and Policies of High Road Worker Ownership How might California advance high road employment in historically low-wage sectors through worker ownership? Our new report considers the benefits, barriers, and policies for high road worker ownership, with a special focus on associations of cooperatives and higher minimum labor standards. Based on a study led by a team based at UC Berkeley and carried out in 2023–2024, this report is part of the POWER (Promote Ownership by Workers for Economic Recovery) Act, AB2849 (2022). We're hosting this event to help stakeholders in labor, workforce, and economic development make use of the research and analysis in our report. Our agenda: ? Report summary and highlights ? Audience Q&A ? Discussion on advancing policies