{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-ts","path":"/can-esops-help-improve-the-financial-position-of-the-middle-class/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Clausehound Blog","author":"Joshua Koudys"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"94a06354-31f1-545e-86c3-49046c3474bd","excerpt":"According to this article, from 2000 to 2012 productivity went up about 25%, but wages increased only about 7%. Where is the wealth going? Most US citizens do…","html":"<p>According to this article, from 2000 to 2012 productivity went up about 25%, but wages increased only about 7%. Where is the wealth going? Most US citizens do not realize that most federal tax incentives for employee stock ownership and profit sharing — billions and billions over decades — go to subsidizing shares for the top five executives of stock market companies.</p>\n<p>This article argues that US federal and state governments should update and meaningfully expand the <strong>tax incentives</strong> for every business in the country to seriously consider offering lower risk broad-based cash or deferred profit sharing plans, employee stock ownership plans such as an ESOP, grants of restricted stock, or a stock option plan to all of their workers.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gazettenet.com/home/13367213-95/joseph-r-blasi-american-labor-must-recover-its-lost-fair-share-of-economic-gains?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the article here.</a></p>\n<h3>Takeaway:</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fairly structured ESOP’s may be a mechanism for promoting employee engagement and improved financial stability of the middle class.</li>\n</ul>","frontmatter":{"title":"Can ESOP's Help Improve the Financial Position of the Middle Class?","date":"December 12, 2015","description":"According to a referenced article, from 2000 to 2012 productivity went up about 25%, but wages increased only about 7% in the United States. Fairly structured ESOP's may be a mechanism for promoting employee engagement and improved financial stability of the middle class..","author":{"id":"rajah@cobaltcounsel.com","first":"Rajah","last":"Lehal","bio":"Rajah Lehal is Founder and CEO of Clausehound.com.  Rajah is a legal technologist and technology lawyer who is, together with the Clausehound team, capturing and sharing lawyer expertise, building deal negotiation libraries, teaching negotiation in classrooms, and automating negotiation with software.","image":{"childImageSharp":{"fluid":{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,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","aspectRatio":1,"src":"/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/bdd4d/Rajah.jpg","srcSet":"/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/2b9ee/Rajah.jpg 80w,\n/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/e5d64/Rajah.jpg 160w,\n/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/bdd4d/Rajah.jpg 320w,\n/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/6e63d/Rajah.jpg 400w","sizes":"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px"}}}},"tags":["ESOP","Taxation","Human Resources","Rajah"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/can-esops-help-improve-the-financial-position-of-the-middle-class/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/cem-casl-part-ii-b2b-messages-and-the-concept-of-consent/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"CASL Part II: B2B Messages and the Concept of Consent","tags":["Long Form","Technology","Business","Commercial Activities","CASL","info@clausehound.com"],"author":{"id":"info@clausehound.com","first":"","last":null}}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/non-profit-organizations-may-be-required-to-appoint-independent-directors/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Non Profit Organizations May Be Required to Appoint Independent Directors","tags":["Not for Profit Articles of Incorporation","Appointing and Removing Directors","Company Formation","Rajah"],"author":{"id":"rajah@cobaltcounsel.com","first":"Rajah","last":"Lehal"}}}}}}