Financial Participation in Europe: Opportunities and Risks for Employees

This Policy Brief analyses the main forms by which workers are able to share in the profits and ownership of the companies they work in. It also examines the risks and opportunities of financial participation for workers and poses some questions about how practice should be regulated. Its main recommendations are that, where financial participation schemes exist, worker representatives should be involved in their design and governance, to ensure that safeguards are built in and workforce objectives are achieved.