A practical guide to preparing for employee ownership in Australia
This document, prepared by employee ownership specialists at Fieldfisher and King & Wood Mallesons, offers a step-by-step guide to preparing for employee ownership in Australia.
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.
The strategies driving the growth and success of Origin Energy’s employee share plan
In this interview with Irina Makukh, Employee Equity and Executive Remuneration Lead at Origin Energy, we hear how Origin’s focus on flexibility and communication is driving the growth and success of their Employee Share Plan. Origin Energy is one of …
What The Evidence Tells Us – Employee Ownership performing well on ESG objectives (EOA UK)
The employee ownership sector has more than doubled in the past three years in the UK, smashing the 1,000 milestone for the first time.
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 …
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’.
Changes to the cessation of employment taxing point for employee share schemes to apply to existing securities from 1 July 2022
The cessation of employment taxing date for employee share scheme (ESS) interests is to be removed. The changes were made in the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Bill 2021 (Cth) (Bill) which was introduced into parliament today. …
New report released by the Australian Parliament “Owning a Share of Your Work: Tax Treatment of Employee Share Schemes”
EOA strongly supports the recommendations of the report which includes a comprehensive and sensible series of recommendations to promote employee ownership in Australia.
Release of exposure draft for significant reform for employee share ownership in Australia
It is exciting to see the exposure draft for the 2021 budget announcements concerning the significant reforms both for corporate regulation of offers of employee shares and the removal of the taxing point at cessation of employment. The reforms make …
EOA’s response to Employee Share Scheme Tax Reform
The Treasurer announced as part of the Budget that the government is proposing to undertake some reform in relation to the treatment of a number of aspects dealing with employee share ownership. We are very pleased to see the reforms. …
