ANALYSIS LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPLOYEE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION European models and Romanian realities Cornel Ban(Copenhagen Business School) December 2020 Financial participation by employees or their being granted a variable component of the company's profits is widely practiced in Europe and can help reduce the gap between labour and capital in Romania. French legislation could serve as a model for financial participation by employees in Romania. Regardless of whether legal obligations are imposed on enterprises or not, regulations governing financial participation must be designed with all employees in mind, not just executive staff; there should be a ban on substituting salary, and company participation schemes must be devised with the involvement of employee representatives.