Employee Financial Participation in Public Services in the European Union / Funding: CEEP and European Commission (Mar. 2011 – Feb. 2012)

This is the first study of the extent of Employee Financial Participation (EFP) schemes in enterprises providing Services of General Interest (SGIs) in the European Union. The study provides a systematic overview of the forms of EFP practised in the EU. It utilises the information on some 8,000 SGI enterprises from the European Company Survey (2009) to analyse the existence (or lack) of EFP schemes in different branches of public services. This broad statistical picture is supplemented by case studies of fifteen public service enterprises in various countries of the European Union. The data shows, that the extent of EFP varies widely in different branches of public services with a much higher level in utilities and a much lower level in public administration.