Virginia Labor Studies Center
Virginia ESOP Education Service (VEES)

The Virginia ESOP Education Service (VEES), part of the Virginia Labor Studies Center at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, is a non-profit program created at the request of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the National Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) Association. We provide impartial guidance to Virginia employees and employers who are considering employee ownership. Through our education programs, you will receive information on building employee participation systems, enhancing leadership skills and understanding legislative issues.

Through our research and contact with other ESOP organizations we provide current information tailored to Virginia's economic environment. We also recommend additional resources that can assist you to explore employee ownership plans.

ESOP related research produced by the Center

ESOP Tax incentives: new Proposals Enhance a powerful Financial Tool, Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, November/December 1999 pp. 160-163

The Benefits of ESOPs, Journal of Compensation and Benefits, V.15 (No.3), November/December
1999, pp. 10-13Esop

International ESOPs: Variations in Complexities, International HR Journal, Summer 2000, pp. 5-8

Employee Stock Ownership Plans: International Variations, International HR Journal, Spring 2001, pp. 11-12

Financial Valuation Techniques and Strategies: ESOP Complexities, Valuation Strategies, Vol. 4 (No. 5), May/June 2001

Related Links

Commonwealth Competition Council, Commonwealth of Virginia:

The ESOP Association, Washington, D.C.:

The National Center for Employee Ownership, Oakland, California:

Foundation for Enterprise Development, Washington, D.C.:

Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Kent State University, Ohio:

For More Information contact:

Virginia ESOP Education Service
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Labor Studies Center
1015 Floyd Avenue, P.O. Box 84-4000
Richmond, Virginia 23284-4000
Voice: (804) 827-0950 or (877) 290-3262
Fax: (804) 828-0546
Email: vaesop@vcu.org