Guidance

Employee ownership: guide for employees

Explains what employee ownership means for employees.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 4 July 2013

Documents

Moving to employee ownership: a brief guide for employees

Ref: BIS/13/939

PDF, 2.85 MB, 20 pages

Details

Employee ownership is where all employees have a significant and meaningful stake in a business, including a say in how the business is run.

This document provides good practice guide on employee ownership, the benefits it offers and how employees can request it. It doesn’t provide legal advice or attempt to provide all the answers but it indicates the key questions and stages. It also provides further sources of information.

See also the company model documentation and related guidance.

For further information see:

• about employee ownership on the Employee Ownership Association website
• why choose an employee buyout on the Co-operatives UK website

Published 4 July 2013