Employee Share Schemes - Going Global

You’re a UK company considering extending your employee share scheme worldwide. How do you go about it? What are the issues? What are the costs?

Many companies extend their employee share schemes overseas. For some, the rationale is for employees to realise that they are part of a business wider than just their local operation. A global employee share scheme helps develop a worldwide corporate identity. For others, introducing a global employee share scheme enables gain sharing (i.e. participation in a company’s financial success) to be distributed widely. Yet others cite the need to have a level playing field worldwide in terms of the benefits they offer to their employees.