Employee Ownership Blog

Starbucks famously offers stock options to most of its employees, but its joint venture with India's Tata Teas will not offer stock options to its Indian employees, according to

The Excellence in Ownership Awards recognize employee-owned companies that have demonstrated a commitment to promoting employee ownership and innovation in their workplaces. These companies and their employees often emerge as industry leaders, pioneering best practices in a range of areas.

The UK's Employee Share Ownership Centre announced yesterday that Royal Dutch Shell had won its award for "the best employee share ownership plan worldwide." The program at Royal Dutch Shell, open to 29,000 employees in 80 countries, offers a 15% discount.

The United Kingdom's new Minister for Employment Relations, Jo Swinson, released a blueprint on Tuesday to encourage employee ownership of companies, saying "We will address one of the biggest barriers to take-up of employee ownership schemes: awareness that it exists" and described the goal as c

Amid media speculation about the impact of a flood of employees selling shares, Facebook shares were on a gradual decline in the days leading up to October 29, the day employee shares were to be released from lock-up.

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A new study of equity compensation in global companies finds that participation in stock purchase plans has declined since 2007.

In a speech on October 8, George Osborne, the United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer and a member of the Conservative Party, proposed a new tax incentive for employee ownership, but with a catch.

The Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Sierra Aluminum Co and GreatBanc Trust based on an investigation by the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).

A new documentary, Shift Change, will have its world premiere in Oakland on October 18.

Uncertainty about the state of the tax code in 2013 is creating some difficult decisions for companies and individuals with stock plans.

A four-year study of 1,500 employees primarily at companies in the UK with all-employee share plans found that plan participants reported a number of positive results.