Gainsharing Is an Incentive Plan That

Gainsharing is an incentive plan that .

A) uses a trust to hold stock in individual employee accounts and distributes it to employees upon retirement
B) engages many or all employees in a common effort to achieve a company's productivity objectives with any resulting cost-savings gains shared among employees and the company
C) contributes company shares of its own stock or cash to be used to purchase company stock to a trust established to purchase shares of the firm's stock for employees
D) provides tax advantages for employees by deferring income taxes, often until the employee retires
E) involves the firm simply distributing a percentage of profits as profit shares to employees at regular intervals