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Clear intentions crucial when using equity to retain recruiters

Employee share schemes can be an effective recruitment and retention tool for key staff, but they need to be clearly thought out with a view to the long term, according to a specialist business advisor.

In light of increased interest in employee share schemes, William Buck NSW business advisory director Cameron Martin has provided further detail on these arrangements and the factors that make or break their success.

The first issue is that when business owners set up a share scheme, they can fall into the trap of overlooking its long-term goal, he tells Shortlist...