Employee Ownership – A ‘Voice’ for Employees in their Workplace

Employee-owned businesses not only demonstrate resilience and growth, they also provide – through their governance structures – for employee engagement and ‘voice’ in their operations. Employee-owned businesses structured as “Employee Ownership Trusts” (EOT’s)  typically have a tripartite governance structure, consisting …

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EOA’s submission to Jobs and Skills Summit

EOA believes widespread employee ownership will boost job security and wages, grow productivity, lift participation in the labour market, deliver a high-quality labour force and allow for full employment to be maintained nationally.

EOA’s Response to ESS Corporate Reform

We are very pleased to see the Government’s announcement that the reform of the rules dealing with the corporate regulation of employee share schemes are to proceed. The corporate regulatory regime which has applied to offering employee equity in Australia …

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Andrew Pendelton UNSW

Solving succession woes with Employee Ownership Trusts

When it comes to the issue of planning business affairs for the unexpected, the decision-making of what should happen in the future doesn’t need to be as dramatic as an episode of ‘Succession’.