Equity Compensation For Private Companies: The Six Pitfalls To Avoid

In privately held companies, equity compensation – the granting of stock options, restricted stock, and other instruments tied to future compensation – offers a tremendous advantage in attracting and retaining talented employees. However, thanks to myriad laws and regulations around the world, equity compensation is also one of the most difficult challenges that spans finance, legal, tax, and HR disciplines.

For private companies, those challenges can be more acute because they create a disproportionate burden […]

By | September 25th, 2015 ||

Basics Of Employment Law In Austria: Part I

Austria, located in the heart of Central Europe, with a population of approximately 8.4 million people, is considered by many to be the ideal place for international employers to do business. It is one of the wealthiest, most politically stable and business friendly countries in Europe with booming markets and transparent laws. It is neighbored by the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland and has nine (9) independent federal states: […]

By | September 23rd, 2015 ||

ORPP Update: Employers And The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan

The Ontario Ministry of Finance released more information on the key features of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) on August 11, 2015. By 2020, everyone employed in Ontario (other than certain “exempted” employees) will accrue pension benefits under either a “comparable workplace pension plan” or the ORPP. Many details of the ORPP remain unknown (e.g., what is “exempted” employment). The ORPP Administration Corporation, the administrator of the ORPP, will start contacting all Ontario […]

By | September 21st, 2015 ||