Incentivising Employees: The theory, policy and practice of employee share ownership plans in Australia
The book will be launched by the Hon Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations.
Date: Monday, 20 May 2013
Time: 10.30am-11.30am
Venue: Allens, Level 37, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne
This book is the culmination of a multi-year research project funded by the Australian Research Council and represents the first detailed discussion of the theory, policy and practice of employee share ownership plans (ESOPs) in Australia.
The topics examined in the book are key legal and policy issues relevant to ESOPs, the current incidence and forms of ESOPs in Australia, the corporate law and taxation law frameworks, why employers implement ESOPs and why employees participate in them, international comparisons, and recommendations for reform.
Register: Please confirm your attendance with Ms Pat Fazzino
Email: Pat.Fazzino@allens.com.au
Phone: 03 9613 8884
The Authors
Ingrid Landau has worked as a Research Fellow on the ESOP project at Melbourne Law School. She now works as a researcher and industrial officer in the trade union movement.
Ann O’Connell is Professor at Melbourne Law School, specialising in taxation. She is also Special Counsel at Allens and a member of the Advisory Panel to the Australian Board of Taxation.
Ian Ramsay is the Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, where he is also Director of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation.
