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EFES NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 2014
The
study entitled "Employee Financial Participation in Companies'
Proceeds" was published by the European Parliament in
September 2012. Authors
of the study were severely condemned by the Court of Justice
of Brussels and the study had to be definitely removed by
the European Parliament. Authors of the study are
a consortium made of Ecorys and Case, represented by Professors
Jens Lowitzsch and Iraj Hashi. In addition, the study
seriously misled the Parliament on two major points. More
information
Back
to fiscal incentives
It
is well known that fiscal incentives are the key point for
the development of employee share ownership. Australia:
The Labor Government decided in 2009 to cut fiscal incentives
for share option plans, leading to a disaster for employee
ownership and entrepreneurship in Australia. Now they're back:
“We are reversing the changes that the former government made
in 2009 which essentially stopped employee ownership in
this country,” Prime Minister Abbott said. Denmark:
Fiscal incentives on employee share plans were removed in
2012. Now they're back: Legislative amendments are presented
in this sense to the Parliament. The Netherlands and Greece:
Fiscal incentives were removed in 2012. When will reason come
back there? France: Surprising Government's order removes
the whole legislation which formerly encouraged employee share
ownership in case of privatisations. At the same time, the
British Government recently doubled fiscal incentives for
employee share plans in the UK, as a key element of recovery.
And former European Commissioner Michel Barnier just launched
a call in the British and French press, telling that "Europe
can only gain if we embrace employee share ownership",
and calling the new European Commission to bring support in
this sense. More
information in our press review
Press
review
We have a selection of 32 remarkable articles in 9 countries
in October 2014: Australia, Denmark, France, India, Italy,
Poland, South Africa, UK, USA.
Australia: “We are reversing the changes that the former
government made in 2009 which essentially stopped employee
ownership in this country,” Prime Minister Abbott said.
New legislation will replicate key aspects of the British
regime that seeks to encourage stock options in small companies
and start-ups.
Denmark: Legislative amendments due to be presented
to parliament this month will allow employees to become partial
owners of the enterprise.
France: Recent Government's order going to demolish
employee share ownership in France.
India: New ESOP regulation.
Italy: Minister Pier Paolo Baretta declares it is time
for employee share ownership in Italy.
Poland: Tax legislation in Poland doesn't encourage
employee share ownership.
South Africa: Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment
Employee Share-Ownership Schemes (BBBEE) are hugely important
concerns.
UK: New legal and tax environment encourages employee
share ownership. Tax exemptions introduced in the UK
Finance Act 2014 are encouraging employee ownership trust
("EOT") buy-outs and this successful UK business
model could attract momentum internationally. The economy
needs more employee-owned businesses because employee owners
think and act for the long term.
USA: Recognizing ESOPs as good public policy: the tax
status of ESOPs has to be preserved. Only 8% of business owners
are thinking of selling to their employees, as in an Employee
Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP.
The full press review is available
on:
http://www.efesonline.org/PRESS
REVIEW/2014/October.htm
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