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EFES PRESS REVIEW - AUGUST 2014


Our selection / Notre sélection / Nuestra selección

  We have a selection of 40 remarkable articles in 11 countries in August 2014 (and some in June and July): Australia, Austria, Botswana, Canada, China, France, Germany, Morocco, UK, USA, South Africa.
Austria: Voestalpine is one of the best examples regarding employee share ownership in Europe.
Australia: Report shows employee share schemes could boost economy.
Botswana: Parliament passed bill making the BTC employee share scheme exclusive to Botswana citizens only. The minister said allowing foreign employees of BTC to procure shares is contrary to the government’s intention.
Canada: A company owned by its employees since the mid - 1990s has been sold to a major national corporation.
China: New guidance for employee share plans.
France: New employee share plans for Alcatel Lucent, for Artelia, for Axa, for Vinci. Employee buyout through a workers' cooperative for Setco.
Germany: Employee share ownership makes companies stronger.
Morocco: Employee share plans are more developed in large listed companies, thanks to strong fiscal incentives.
South Africa: The new Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) provides incentives for companies to employ more blacks, promote them to management positions and give them shares in the firms they work for.
UK: Why the employee ownership model is good for the economy. The employee ownership model can be a driver for engagement and productivity. Everyone dealing with private companies should be familiar with employee-ownership trusts, especially as a business succession solution. The 2014 Finance Act contains two new tax incentives intended to encourage more companies to introduce employee ownership. John Lewis staff set for bonus boost after a change in tax rules.
USA: Wage economy versus employee ownership economy. Proposed bipartisan legislation in Congress promotes retirement savings through ESOPs.
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   Une sélection de 40 articles remarquables dans 11 pays en août 2014: Afrique du Sud, Allemagne, Australie, Autriche, Botswana, Canada, Chine, France, Grande Bretagne, Maroc, USA.
Afrique du Sud: Le nouveau programme de Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) donne des incitants aux entreprises pour engager plus de noirs, pour promouvoir leur accès aux postes de direction et pour leur donner des actions de leur entreprise.
Allemagne: L'actionnariat salarié rend les entreprises plus fortes.
Australie: Un rapport montre que les plans d'actionnariat salarié peuvent dynamiser toute l'économie.
Autriche: Voestalpine est un des meilleurs exemples de l'actionnariat salarié en Europe.
Botswana: Le Parlement adopte une législation qui réserve les plans d'actionnariat salarié des télécoms exclusivement aux salariés nationaux. Le ministre déclare que l'actionnariat des salariés étrangers serait contraire aux intentions du gouvernement.
Canada: Une entreprise régionale contrôlée par les salariés depuis 20 ans est vendue à un grand groupe canadien.
Chine: Nouvelle réglementation pour les plans d'actionnariat salarié.
France: Nouveaux plans d'actionnariat salarié pour Alcatel Lucent, pour Artelia, pour Axa, pour Vinci. Setco a été reprise sous forme de coopérative de salariés.
Maroc: Les plans d'actionnariat salarié sont plus fréquents dans les grandes entreprises cotées en bourse, grâce à d'importants incitants fiscaux.
Grande Bretagne: Pourquoi le modèle d'entreprises contrôlées par les salariés est bon pour l'économie. Le nouveau modèle des trusts de contrôle salarié est spécialement adapté à la transmission d'entreprise. La Loi de Finance 2014 comprend deux nouveaux incitants fiscaux destinés à encourager l'actionnariat salarié de contrôle. Les salariés de John Lewis sont les premiers  bénéficiaires des nouvelles dispositions fiscales.
USA: L'économie du salariat et l'économie de l'actionnariat salarié. Nouvelle proposition de législation au Congrès pour promouvoir l'épargne retraite sous forme d'ESOPs.
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40 articoli selezionati in 11 stati nel mese di agosto (e qualcuno anche in Giugno e Luglio): Australia, Austria, Botswana, Canada, Cina, Francia, Germania, Marocco, Sudafrica, UK, USA.
Austria: Voestalpine è uno degli esempi migliori dell’azionariato dipendenti in Europa.
Australia: Uno studio dimostra che gli schemi di azionariato potrebbero spingere l’economia
Botswana: Il Parlamento ha approvato la legge che riserva ai soli cittadini del  Botswana l’accesso ai piani di azionariato dipendenti di BTC. Il ministero ha dichiarato che assegnare azoni di BTC a dipendenti estri è contrario agli interessi del governo.
Canada: Una società partecipata dai dipendenti fin dagli anni 90 è stata venduta ad un gande gruppo nazionale.
Cina: Nuove regole per I piani di azionariato dei dipendenti.
Francia: Nuovi piani di azionariato per Alcatel Lucent, Artelia, Axa, Vinci. Ripresa d’azienda attraverso una cooperativa di lavoro per Setco.
Germania: L’azionariato dei dipendenti rende più forti le Società.
Marocco: I piani di azionariato sono più sviluppati nelle grandi imprese quotate, grazie ai forti incentive fiscali.
Sudafrica: Il nuovo “Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE)” fornisce incentivi alle Società per assumere più neri, promuoverli in posizioni manageriali ed assegnare azioni nelle Società in cui lavorano.
UK: Perché il model di azionariatao dei dipendenti è un bene per l’economia. Il modello di azionariato dei dipendenti può essere uno stimolo per l’impegno e la produttività. Chiuque abbia a che fare con società private dovrebbe conoscere i trusts dell’azionariato dei dipendenti, soprattutto come soluzione per la succession di impresa. La legge finanziaria 2014 contiene due nuovi incentivi fiscali il cui fine è promuovere l’azionariato dei dipendenti presso un numero crescente di società. Beneficiari immediati dei nuovi incentivi fiscali son i dipendenti della John Lewis.
USA: Economia del salario contro economia della partecipazione dei dipendenti. Una proposta bipartisan presso il Congresso agevolerebbe la costituzione di fondi pensione attraverso gli ESOP.
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  OUR SELECTION / NOTRE SELECTION / NUESTRA SELECCIÓN


We have a selection of 40 remarkable articles in 11 countries in August 2014 (and some in June and July): Australia, Austria, Bostawaba, Canada, China, France, Germany, Morocco, UK, USA, South Africa.

AT   1 - Mitsprache, Miteigentümer: Erfolgsmodell voestalpine
             Kurier - 24 Aug. 2014
             Aber die Rendite ist nicht das Hauptmotiv für Max Stelzer, das geschäftsführende Vorstandsmitglied der voestalpine Mitarbeiterbeteiligung Privatstiftung. Für ihn ...
AU   2 - Report shows Employee Share Schemes could boost economy
             Australian Life Scientist - 23 July 2014
             Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand Association (EOA) and its expert ... Employee ownership reform has the potential to positively impact the ... the rest of the developed world in the area of employee share ownership.
BW   3 - Parliament passes bill to reserve BTC shares to citizens
             Mmegi Online - 11 Aug. 2014
             “This therefore calls for the amendment of BTC (Transition) Act 2008 to indicate that the Employee Share Ownership Plan to be established will be exclusively for ...
CA   4 - Windsor employee-owned company sold to national corporation
            Windsor Star (blog) - 21 July 2014
             A Windsor company owned by its employees since the mid - 1990s has been sold to a major national corporation. WFS Enterprises Inc. – which began ...
CN   5 - China: Regulator Allows Employee Stock Ownership Plans
             Bloomberg BNA - 27 June 2014
             Companies listed on China's stock exchanges may offer employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) under new guidance from China's ...
DE   6 - Mein« Unternehmen
             neues deutschland - 22 Aug. 2014
             Belegschaftsaktien machen Unternehmen stärker. Ob sie den Arbeitnehmern genauso viel nützen, ist bis heute umstritten. Zumal sie dabei von der Kapitalseite ...
FR   7 - Epargne salariale : le ministère du Travail met en ligne son guide ...
             cBanque.com - 7 Aug. 2014
              Il revient également sur les droits des salariés actionnaires, sur les cas de déblocage anticipé ou bien encore sur la spécificité des fonds solidaires. La version ...
FR   8 - Actions gratuites et stocks options pour 10 % des salariés d'Alcatel ...
             Miroir Social - 12 Aug. 2014
             ... la direction du Fonds Commun de Placement (FCP) des salariés actionnairess'étaient prononcés en faveur de cette résolution grâce au vote de la CFE-CGC.
FR   9 - Artelia réorganise son capital
             Info-économique.com - 13 Aug. 2014
             Le groupe de conseil et d'ingénierie Artelia vient de réorganiser son capital afin de "conforter son indépendance et stimuler son développement".
FR   10 - Oui, les TPE font des RH ! La recette de PasàPas pour motiver ses ...
             Les Échos - 18 Aug. 2014
             Même si ces actionnaires salariés restent minoritaires (42%), ils ont un droit de regard sur la stratégie de l'entreprise avec un représentant au comité de ...
FR   11 - AXA: lancement de l'opération d'actionnariat salarié 2014.
             BFMTV.COM - 22 Aug. 2014
             (CercleFinance.com) - Comme tous les ans, le groupe AXA propose à ses collaborateurs, tant en France qu'à l'international, de souscrire à une augmentation ...
FR   12 - Etes-vous prêt à investir dans votre entreprise ?
             France Info - 27 Aug. 2014
             ... ça crée une nouvelle dynamique. Parmi les raisons de cette motivation, il y a le fait que les scop redistribuent à leurs salariés actionnaires en moyenne 40% ...
FR   13 - Emission d'actions nouvelles de VINCI réservée aux salariés du ...
             Zonebourse.com - 28 Aug. 2014
             Le FCPE « Castor » est un OPCVM d'épargne salariale et d'actionnariat salarié investi en actions VINCI. Il est l'un des instruments principaux de la mise en ...
MA   14 - Epargne salariale: Les entreprises ne se pressent pas
             L'Économiste - 26 Aug. 2014
             D'autres sociétés du Masi, notamment Label Vie, S2M ou encore Sothema ont procédé à des opérations d'actionnariat salarié. De façon générale, 1 entreprise ...
UK   15 - Employee ownership day 2014: Why this business model is good for the economy
             The Independent (blog) - 4 July 2014
             According to the latest independent research published by the Employee Ownership Association, satisfaction is higher amongst employee owners, ...
UK   16 - Top 50 employee-owned companies report sales of £20.5bn
             Co-Operative News - 7 July 2014
             Fifty of the UK's top 50 employee-owned companies have combined sales of £20.5bn and a total of 151,000 employees. The list, released on ...
UK   17 - Tullis Russell celebrates Employee Ownership Day
             printweek.com - 10 July 2014
             The Scottish firm marked the day, which celebrates employee-owned businesses, with a range of activities at its Markinch mill. Activities included mill ...
UK   18 - IFS Proshare appoints new head of employee share ownership
             Employee Benefits - 29 July 2014
             Anne Kiem, chief information officer at IFS University College, added: “[Scott's] years of experience in the employee share ownership industry will be ...
UK   19 - Capital Gains Tax? What a Relief!
             Co-Operative News - 31 July 2014
             Despite increasing awareness of the long-term economic benefits of the employee-ownership business model, we have been devoid of any distinct ...
UK   20 - Employee ownership can drive productivity
             HRmagazine.co.uk - 7 Aug. 2014
             The employee ownership model can be a driver for engagement and productivity, but only if staff fully understand the benefits, according to Childbase ...
UK   21 - Securing The Succession
             Mondaq News Alerts (registration) - 12 Aug. 2014
             Everyone dealing with private companies should be familiar with employee-ownership trusts, especially as a business succession solution, says Graeme Nuttall.
UK   22 - Employee share schemes: too good to be true?
             Director of Finance online - 22 Aug. 2014
             The 2014 Finance Act contains two new tax incentives intended to encourage more companies to introduce employee ownership. Under the first, those who ...
UK   23 - John Lewis workers in line for an extra £35m tax free bonus as ...
             This is Money - 23 Aug. 2014
             John Lewis is the biggest employee-owned business in the country, according to the Employee Ownership Association. Turnover is expected to reach ...
UK   24 - Survival of share option scheme in doubt
             Financial Times - 24 Aug. 2014
             “Only through the CSOP can the low paid and part-time workers be effectively introduced to employee share ownership,” he said. “We shall be pressing all ...
UK   25 - John Lewis staff set for bonus boost after a change in tax rules
             Daily Echo - 25 Aug 2014
             The Employee Ownership Association ranks John Lewis as the biggest employee-owned business in the country, turning over an expected £9.5 ...
US   26 - Wage economy vs. employee ownership economy - Deseret ...
             Deseret News -  9 June 2014
             Superior to the wage economy model, an employee ownership economy enables businesses to provide material returns for everyone involved.
US   27 - Bill promotes retirement savings through ESOPs
             BenefitsPro - 12 June 2014
             “This bill empowers companies to become employee-owned, create new employee-owners, and provides retirement security to more American ...
US   28 - Employee stock ownership has tax benefits
             Redlands Daily Facts - 17 June 2014
             Ready to retire and looking for a way to transfer ownership in your business? Concerned that too much of your wealth is tied to one asset? If you are ...
US   29 - Does everyone want to be an owner?
             Deseret News - 23 June 2014
             In theory, employee ownership through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) is an almost perfect idea, since it benefits employees and ...
US   30 - Should You Think About an ESOP?
             Huffington Post - 10 July 2014
             I think an ESOP is best for a selling owner who has developed a good management team and wants to make sure that what they've created in their ...
US   31 - Harpoon Brewery to Become Employee-Owned Aug. 1
             Boston.com - 10 July 2014
             One of Boston's best-known breweries announced Thursday that it would become an employee-owned company starting Aug. 1, with CEO Richard ...
US   32 - The Ins and Outs of ESOPs
             Brewbound.com - 11 July 2014
             BB: Are owners leaving money on the table if they choose an ESOP over a more traditional ... BM: The ESOP can pay no more than “fair market value.
US   33 - Laying off a company's owners during a downturn
             Philly.com (blog) - 22 July 2014
             It's probably pretty easy to be an employee-owned company, or ESOP, when times are good, but what happens during a recession, when the people ...
US   34 - Employee-owned companies: Sharing in the risks and rewards of ...
             The Southern - 4 Aug. 2014
             Local large and small companies are enjoying the profits and benefits from being employee owned. Employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, allow many ...
US   35 - The Promotion and Expansion of the Private Employee Ownership ...
             The Hill (blog) - 15 Aug. 2014
             As we continue discussions with our colleagues in Congress around tax reform and policies to grow the economy, one idea that seems to always enjoy broad ...
US   36 - The Google Manifesto: Does its IPO letter to shareholders hold up ...
             Silicon Valley Business Journal - 19 Aug. 2014
             The significant employee ownership of Google has made us what we are today. Because of our employee talent, Google is doing exciting work in nearly every ...
US   37 - An easier solution to wealth inequality?
             Fortune - 21 Aug. 2014
             Employee ownership and similar programs are not without problems. ... If expanding employee ownership were actually great for the bottom line, corporations ...
US   38 - Rutgers professor promotes idea of spreading company ownership
             Minneapolis Star Tribune - 23 Aug. 2014
             Adopting employee share ownership and profit-sharing would be a condition for a company to receive any corporate tax incentive offered by the federal ...
US   39 - Strange And Wonderful Bedfellows: Private Equity And Employee ...
             Forbes - 26 Aug. 2014
             The rise of private equity as a corporate ownership format has over the last 40 years or so roughly paralleled that of employee ownership, two very separate ...
ZA   40 - South Africa Pushes Economic Empowerment Program
             Voice of America - 13 Aug. 2014
             Mesatywa said by encouraging companies to support entrepreneurs, skills training and employee ownership, the program would go a long way toward reducing ...

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EFES' objective is to act as the umbrella organization of employee owners, companies and all persons, trade unions, experts, researchers, institutions looking to promote employee ownership and participation in Europe.