Tag: Employee Share Schemes

Learn how a Victorian based brewery built its workplace culture by allowing employees own a share of their work.

Employee Share Schemes (ESS) have long been a utilised as a valuable tool to drive and motivate key personnel to invest themselves in the future of the company.  ESS are also particularly appealing to boot strapped start ups who may not have the capital or cash flow to attract and retain employees. From an employee […]

Tony Abbott has unveiled his new $400 million policy blueprint to bolster industry performance, enhance competition, drive business innovation and better harness the commercial and economic potential of the scientific and research community.

The start-up community is set to benefit next year from changes to employee share schemes and progress on the setting of clear crowd source funding rules. The start-up and venture capital sectors have loudly complained about tough conditions for aspiring tech entrepreneurs, warning they are forcing many to relocate overseas and damaging Australian competitiveness. The […]

Treasury has said it will not yet be publically releasing whether it will make changes to the current ESS rules.

A professional body of accountants has slammed the current tax arrangements of employee share schemes (ESS), saying the regulations are building an anti-competitive environment for entrepreneurs.

Employee share ownership plans are no longer reserved just for large, publicly listed companies. As Rebecca Spicer discovers, they can be a useful tool for any business wanting to attract, retain and motivate staff. It’s no secret that the skills shortage is crippling many industries. And so, tools and strategies that attract and keep key […]