Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments

The use of employee share plans is on the increase in Australia. However, many organisations have not yet fully embraced the concept of employee share plans. This paper reviews the current human resource literature on employee share plans and provides an overview of the current and pending taxatio...

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Main Authors: Travaglione, Tony, Pinto, Dale, Cacioppe, Ronald
Format: Working Paper
Published: Curtin University of Technology 1995
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30777
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Cacioppe, Ronald
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description The use of employee share plans is on the increase in Australia. However, many organisations have not yet fully embraced the concept of employee share plans. This paper reviews the current human resource literature on employee share plans and provides an overview of the current and pending taxation treatment of these plans in Australia. Organisations are provided with arguments supporting the use of employee share plans based on increased motivation, commitment and productivity of employee ownership along with the associated benefits of reduced turnover and absenteeism. However, there is a set of complex tax requirements and incentives, several of which are changing, which require time, effort and money to implement. Organisations committed to encouraging greater worker involvement and a greater share of financial information should turn to employee share plans irrespective of changing taxation requirements and treatment of such plans.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-307772017-01-30T13:21:29Z Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments Travaglione, Tony Pinto, Dale Cacioppe, Ronald The use of employee share plans is on the increase in Australia. However, many organisations have not yet fully embraced the concept of employee share plans. This paper reviews the current human resource literature on employee share plans and provides an overview of the current and pending taxation treatment of these plans in Australia. Organisations are provided with arguments supporting the use of employee share plans based on increased motivation, commitment and productivity of employee ownership along with the associated benefits of reduced turnover and absenteeism. However, there is a set of complex tax requirements and incentives, several of which are changing, which require time, effort and money to implement. Organisations committed to encouraging greater worker involvement and a greater share of financial information should turn to employee share plans irrespective of changing taxation requirements and treatment of such plans. 1995 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30777 Curtin University of Technology fulltext
spellingShingle Travaglione, Tony
Pinto, Dale
Cacioppe, Ronald
Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments
title Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments
title_full Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments
title_fullStr Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments
title_full_unstemmed Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments
title_short Employee share plans: Recent industrial relations and taxation developments
title_sort employee share plans: recent industrial relations and taxation developments
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30777