Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand Association (EOA) today launched a new report Employee Share Schemes – Their Importance to the Economy report, which shows a reversal of the 2009 Employee Share Scheme laws would potentially boost the Australian economy …
Keynote Speech of the Annual Conference 2014 The Hon Tony Smith MP’s call to reverse the detrimental Tax Legislation of 2009 was an encouraging start to the year. In his keynote speech at the Annual EOANZ Conference in May, his …
Employee Ownership Australia & New Zealand Conference and Awards Night 2014 ESO Conference speech 2014 Opening Address Tony Smith MP – Federal Member for Casey 22 May 2014
1. Best International Plan – WINNER Brambles Limited Brambles was chosen as the winner for a number of reasons, they have shown continued and prolonged commitment to fostering this plan amongst all of their employees, they have taken an incredible …
Federal MP Tony Smith will join employee ownership advocates at the Employee Ownership Conference and Awards Night this Thursday, 22 May at PwC Sydney. With the Abbott Government delaying anticipated reforms to employee share schemes in last week’s budget, the …
Canberra, 3 March, 2013; Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand Association (EOA) called on the Federal Government Treasury Committee to introduce widespread reform in the taxation and regulation of changes in employee ownership in Australia. The EOA is calling on …
The Employee Ownership Australia (EOA) expert’s panel notes ASIC consultation paper dated November 2013. ASIC’s expansion of relief and simplification of compliance requirements is generally positive. ASIC’s proposed expansion of class order relief is generally to be welcomed as it …
New Rules for Start-Ups A new regime needs to be created for start-ups which aims to tax employees of those companies when the shares are realised and the employees gets the value, i.e. at sale or disposal. The definition of …
Peak backs Qantas staff bid for airline share Tuesday 17 December, 2013: A proposal being developed by Qantas staff to take a stake in the airline has the support of the peak body for broad based employee ownership, Employee Ownership …
In fairness to ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) the paper is more good than bad. ASIC undertook a very extensive consultation process prior to the release of this paper. It has also largely listened to that feedback and …
