Employee financial participation in the European Union (infosheet)

During the years 1999-2004, the Foundation carried out research into the nature and extent of financial participation in the EU. The research examined national level policies and the attitudes of key actors in relation to the development and implementation of financial participation schemes. It found that governments and central social partner organisations play a pivotal role in the national framework of financial participation, albeit to varying degrees, and hence can influence the extent, practice and characteristics of financial participation at company level.