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Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to United Kingdom as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

United Kingdom: Health and safety reporting obligations reduced

October 7, 2013

The UK’s Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) were amended on October 1st …

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United Kingdom: Minimum wage rates increased

October 7, 2013

On October 1st new national minimum wage rates were introduced in the UK …

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United Kingdom: Permission to appeal decision

September 30, 2013

The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has been granted permission to appeal against the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) decision in the Woolworths case …

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United Kingdom : Sickness not so bad as other countries

September 21, 2013

Research carried out by Pricewaterhousecoopers (PWC) has found that the annual average sickness absence in Europe (7 …

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United Kingdom: Introduction of redundancy pay

September 20, 2013

Although the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is a British Crown Dependency, it does not have any redundancy legislation …

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United Kingdom: Spotlight on code of conduct

September 17, 2013

The UK government has commissioned a review of its executive search voluntary code of conduct …

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United Kingdom: Amendments to TUPE regulations

September 17, 2013

The UK government has published its plans to modify business transfer (TUPE) regulations …

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United Kingdom: Third party harassment

September 13, 2013

UK employers will no longer be automatically held vicariously liable for harassment of employees by third parties (persons other than the employer and colleagues) or for failure to take reasonable steps to prevent such harassment …

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FedEE Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

The Federation of International Employers (FedEE) is committed to undertaking its activities in an ethical and humane way. We seek to verify that none of our Suppliers, Associates, Affiliates Representatives or Members is involved in unethical trade practices and operate our own employment policy in line with ILO conventions and the principles of best practice. Operational and strategic issues are the responsibility of the FedEE Board, whilst day-to-day running of FedEE is through its Secretary-General and contractual relationship with our operating affiliate FedEE Corporate Services Limited (FCSL). Our services are mainly engaged via FCSL and are principally in the fields of professional services, IT services, telecommunications, utilities and office supply. We undertake to pay our suppliers in a timely way and promote an organisational philosophy that promotes equality of opportunity, freedom of expression, tolerance and a liberal corporate stance. FedEE has its own code of conduct, developed many years ago, and seeks to both further that in the corporate world and adhere to it in our own organisation.