Equity-based compensation plays a pivotal role in attracting and retaining top talent and aligning employee incentives with an employer’s long-term success. By offering stock options, restricted stock units, or other forms of equity-based compensation, employers can foster a sense of ownership and commitment to the company’s future.
The challenge for employers is offering the right type of equity-based compensation for your employee population, industry, and long-term company goals. This article addresses the various types of equity-based compensation awards and assists employers with a common question: What type of equity compensation award is best for our company and our employees?
Over the course of the next six months, the attorneys at Foley & Lardner will help answer this common question in a series of articles on equity-based compensation. In this month’s article, we are offering an overview of the various equity-based compensation awards as a guide to the types of awards, tax treatment, and the advantages and disadvantages of certain awards.
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