I can confirm that it is an entirely new status, so the individual who agrees with their employer to a contract to be an employee shareholder is not the same as an employee.
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Viscount Younger of Leckie
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 6 February 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Growth and Infrastructure Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
743 c298 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
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