7.5 #DefinitelyNotTaxAdvice: empowering employees with practical tax communications

Navigate the complexities of global equity taxation with insights from a distinguished expert panel featuring DoorDash, Inc., Stripe, Inc., and representatives from Deloitte US. Understanding tax implications for equity, especially for global participants, is daunting. Join them as they share solutions crafted through experiences like DoorDash's expansion post-IPO, including a transformative acquisition, and Stripe's shift to globally vesting quarterly across 33 countries. Explore the challenges and successes in delivering an exceptional employee experience, emphasizing education, plan administration, HR integration, and the critical role of prioritizing employee experience in all facets of global equity plans.

KEY LEARNING POINTS:

  • Understand the complexities of global equity taxation and filing requirements
  • Explore successful strategies from DoorDash and Stripe in prioritizing employee experience and education
  • Gain insights into plan administration, HR integration, and the imperative role of prioritizing employee experience in global equity processes

 

CPE CREDIT: 1.0
Field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Level: 0
Delivery method: Group internet-based
Advanced preparation: None

CEP CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT (CE): 1.0

*CPE credits are provided for live webcasts only. Please visit our Continuing Education and Event Policies pages for more information.

Speaker/Author

Jerome Tresallet, Deloitte
Dustin Lewis, Deloitte
Tierney Downing, DoorDash
Khary Doane, DoorDash
Danielle Landis, Stripe

Event date
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2024, 16:25 - 17:15
Country
Breakout series
Location
Germantown 3

7.1 Using benefits strategies to address financial health inequities

As companies intensify their focus on workforce diversity, achieving equal opportunity and equitable compensation poses ongoing challenges. Join our panel in a session exploring the nexus of diversity, inclusion, and equity compensation. Attend this session to unravel the complexities of fostering diversity, promoting equal access, and crafting inclusive equity compensation plans in the modern workplace.

KEY LEARNING POINTS:

  • Understand the significance of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and explore processes for determining D&I priorities within organizations
  • Learn how panelists leverage engagement tactics and equity compensation platforms to enhance understanding of D&I priorities, fostering diversity and inclusion
  • Explore how HR decision makers can provide targeted financial health benefits for diverse demographics within their employee base

 

CPE CREDIT: 1.0
Field of study: Personell/HR
Level: 0
Delivery method: Group internet-based
Advanced preparation: None

CEP CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT (CE): 1.0

*CPE credits are provided for live webcasts only. Please visit our Continuing Education and Event Policies pages for more information.

Speaker/Author

Rodney Bolden, Morgan Stanley at Work
Christyl Lucille Murray, Morgan Stanley at Work
Lori Serrano, FGE,  Outset Medical
Amy Wheeler, Outsystems

Event date
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2024, 16:25 - 17:15
Plan type
Country
Breakout series
Location
Germantown 4


2.1 Unlocking potential: empowering employees through ESPP education

The expert panel will unravel the intricacies of Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP), addressing the most confusing and commonly asked questions. Gain actionable insights on employing effective education and resources to minimize employee confusion, empower your workforce, and reclaim valuable time for administrators.

KEY LEARNING POINTS:

  •  Identifying and addressing the most perplexing ESPP topics
  •  Implementing strategies for poignant education to reduce employee confusion
  •  Empowering employees and optimizing administrator efficiency

 

CPE CREDIT: 1.0
Field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Level: 0
Delivery method: Group internet-based
Advanced preparation: None

CEP CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT (CE): 1.0

*CPE credits are provided for live webcasts only. Please visit our Continuing Education and Event Policies pages for more information.

Speaker/Author

Alec Glassman, Carver Edison
Robyn Shutak, FGE, Infinite Equity
Lori Serrano, Outset Medical
Margaret Rozowski, RB Global

Event date
Tuesday, 9 Apr 2024, 16:30 - 17:30
Country
Breakout series
Location
Germantown 4

1.3 What's your issue?

Join our expert panel of industry leaders for a comprehensive discussion on the most formidable issuer challenges we've encountered in the equity realm. Dive into the "biggest and baddest" issues encompassing our firsthand experiences, participant perspectives, and optimal vendor response strategies when offering feedback. With diverse backgrounds spanning various business segments and extensive dealings with administration platforms, Transfer Agents, brokers, education resources, legal, payroll, valuation, and more, our panel provides a broad perspective. Gain insights into pain points encountered with domestic, international, and mobile populations.
 

KEY LEARNING POINTS:

  • Explore challenges and best practices across various vendors, including administration platforms, Transfer Agents, brokers, and more
  •  Benefit from a wide-ranging perspective with experiences from different business segments and   interactions with domestic, international, and mobile populations
  • Learn how to provide constructive feedback to vendors, optimizing their response and enhancing overall issuer/vendor relationships

 

CPE CREDIT: 1.0
Field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Level: 0
Delivery method: Group internet-based
Advanced preparation: None

CEP CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT (CE): 1.0

*CPE credits are provided for live webcasts only. Please visit our Continuing Education and Event Policies pages for more information.

Speaker/Author

Cherie Curry, FGE, Hilton Worldwide
Garry Devine, Amgen
Lamont Walker, Lyft
Rebecca Kargl, Zillow
Deirdre Salisbury, Infnite Equity

 

Event date
Tuesday, 9 Apr 2024, 15:15 - 16:15
Country
Breakout series
Location
Germantown 1
LIVE WEBCAST
19 September 2023, 12 - 1:15pm EDT
FELLOWS LEADERS' LOUNGE
Leaders' Lounge

MODERATOR: Matt Connor, FGE - Lucid Motors
PANEL: Chris Dohrmann, FGE - Global Shares, a JP Morgan Company; Yael Elbaz Roiter, FGE - Senior Total Rewards Consultant; Julie Shepherd, FGE - Sage

Design and strategy
Employee engagement
Executive pay
Trending now
Global

LEVERAGING EQUITY PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TOP IT AND DIGITAL TALENT

With the accelerating emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses must prioritize identifying and retaining their most skilled employees, particularly within the internal IT and digital sectors. Failing to do so can lead to the loss of valuable resources and hinder a company's competitive edge.

Join us in an enlightening discussion as GEO Fellows delve into the powerful potential of equity programs, showcasing how these programs can serve as a unique instrument to incentivize and retain top talent, enabling businesses to thrive in the digital age.

KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  1. Understand the importance of identifying uniquely skilled IT and digital employees for long-term company success.
  2. Explore the challenges companies face in retaining top talent in the competitive digital market.
  3. Discover how equity programs can be leveraged effectively to incentivize and retain the best IT and digital professionals, fostering sustained growth and a competitive advantage.

THE GREAT… REFRESH?

Over the past two years, we've experienced the Great Resignation and the Great Reset due to COVID-19. Now, companies are focused on the challenges and opportunities of AI, hybrid working, and skills shortages.

This session considers whether UK-based and global companies are looking for alternative sources of labor as they plan for the future.

Attendees will learn:

  • The impact of inflation and cost of living crisis on global equity plans
  • What the best employers are doing to attract, retain, incentivize and reward talent
  • What the future of work looks like including the impact of AI on the labour market and employer proposition to employees
Speaker/Author

SPEAKERS: Janet Cooper, OBE, FGEYvonne Smyth, Hays, Rosemary Lemon, Hays

Event date
Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023, 15:00 - 15:50
Country
Breakout series
ON-DEMAND WEBCAST
14 June 2022
EMPLOYEE RETENTION: DOES OFFERING EQUITY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
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SPEAKERS: Janet Cooper OBE, FGE, Moderator (UK), Nick Lawry, Kindred Group (UK), Adrienne Pettit, Insulet (USA) 

Employee engagement
Global

As companies continue to combat the Great Resignation, the search for effective retention initiatives to reduce churn is an ongoing challenge. Putting talent first is a must to save time and resources on recruitment, sustain team morale and support growth.

How can employee ownership improve employee retention rates? 

In this moderated webcast, GEO Award-winning companies that have built successful employee retention strategies supported by their equity plans. You'll discover:

  • Whether retention was a key objective when designing the winning equity compensation programs, or a welcome by-product
  • The affect of global events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the ‘great resignation’ on plan participation and employee retention
  • Whether the share plan had any other employee-centric impacts
  • What other steps the companies take to retain employees
  • What’s next - is retention a focus for their future share plans?
ON-DEMAND WEBCAST
27 January 2022
WINNING ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION
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Janet Cooper OBE, FGE, Moderator (UK), Karin Adams, TMX Group (CA), Andrew Forsythe, Unilever (UK), Anika Link, Allianz SE (DE), Julie Sheperd FGE, The Sage Group (UK)

Employee engagement
Global

In this moderated webcast, we ask GEO Award winners Unilever, Allianz, TMX Group and Sage the secret of their successful communications.

Each has demonstrated an effective and innovative approach to their share plan communications with clear objectives and strategic intent, innovation, creativity, and quantifiable, measurable results - explore their use of audience insights, creative innovation and cultural and brand influences.

Discover which of their communication strategies, platforms, mediums and frequencies worked, which didn’t, and importantly, why.

You’ll come away with ideas on how to breathe new life into your communications and modernize your share plan experience.