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.
Definitions of employee share scheme terms
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News
BT, Electrocomponents and Tesco shortlisted for IFS Proshare awards
BAE Systems, BT, Electrocomponents, Royal Dutch Shell, Tesco and Vodafone are among the organisations that have been shortlisted for the IFS Proshare Annual Awards 2011.
06 Feb EXCLUSIVE: Whitbread Group staff could receive £4.4m from sharesave
06 Feb EXCLUSIVE: Marks and Spencer boosts take-up of voluntary benefits and sharesave schemes
16 Jan Clegg outlines plans to boost employee share ownership
12 Jan Baxi Partnership acquires RM2 Partnership
04 Jan EXCLUSIVE: Killik Employee Services launches web portal for executive share plans
Analysis
What to do when share schemes mature
When an employee share scheme matures, employers must communicate effectively with members to ensure hey understand their options, says Jennifer Paterson
06 Jun Sharesave improves employee engagement
07 Mar Thought leaders: Academic insights: Share schemes boost staff productivity
07 Mar Technology leads new approach to share scheme communication
27 Sep Share schemes need effective communication
Case Studies
Case study: Innospec shares its success globally
Global chemicals business Innospec, which operates in 17 countries, including the US, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Hungary, offers a sharesave scheme to all eligible staff.
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
Research
Field Fisher Waterhouse research: Employee-owned organisations are underperforming
Employee-owned organisations underperformed in the second quarter of 2011, dropping 9.4% compared to the FTSE All-Share which was up 0.9%, according to research by law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.
11 Aug IFS Proshare research: Sharesave schemes rise in popularity
04 Aug Esop report: Record number of employers offering approved share schemes
18 Apr European Federation of Employee Share Ownership research: Employee ownership has increased
21 Mar UK Employee Ownership Index: Employee-owned firms outperformed FTSE
07 Dec Female employees with shares in media, travel and leisure sectors most loyal
