Property News · October 15, 2016

From Royal Mail to Asda – company schemes that give workers a share


From Saturday, postal workers can pocket a £3,000 windfall by cashing in on its controversial flotation – but not everyone in a share scheme is so luckyThe stock market hitting an all-time high this week spells good news for thousands of people participating in company share schemes – and they are not all fat-cat chief executives and board direectors.Saturday, 15 October, is a key date for about 139,000 postal workers who received free Royal Mail shares when the business was floated on the stock market in October 2013. Each full-time employee initially received 613 free shares, which were automatically put into an employee share scheme. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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