Share schemes

Employee Benefits - Share Schemes

Employers can design their own employee share schemes, but most prefer to make use of favourable tax treatment available through the four Inland Revenue approved schemes: sharesave (SAYE), share incentive plan (Sip), company share option plan (Csop) and enterprise management incentive (EMI). The most popular staff option scheme in the UK is the sharesave scheme, also known as save as you earn (SAYE). Executive share option plans (including long term incentives – Ltips) are used for very senior employees.

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Case Studies

Case study: Kingfisher share scheme promotes teamwork

In December 2011, about 2,000 employees at B&Q and Screwfix found themselves with a bit of extra cash before Christmas, after a three-year sharesave scheme reached maturity.

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31 Oct Case study: Veolia wants employees to keep shares

31 Oct Case study: Marks and Spencer staff get the message on shares

07 Mar Thought leaders: Academic insights: Share schemes boost staff productivity

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