Federation of European Employers
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The Federation of European Employers (FedEE) began as an informal network of progressive multinational
companies in 1989. Its original member companies had come together through participation in a European Commission
funded project.
Since its formation, FedEE has grown to become the leading organisation for multinational employers operating in Europe
. Its principal aims are to assist major companies to achieve legal compliance, operate more effectively at an international level, take full advantage of EU expansion into central and Eastern Europe, develop practical/equitable pay structures, evaluate new employment methods and trends, monitor employee participation and trade union
activities at a European level and embrace workforce diversity.
Founder and current Secretary-General of FedEE is Robin E.J Chater. Formerly Director of the Personnel Policy Research Unit, Head of Practice at Cambridge Consultants Ltd
, Client Consultant with HAY Associates Management Consultants and Senior Research Officer with Incomes Data Services (IDS). Between 1982 and 1992 he was an Advisor to DG V of the European Commission.
Robin was Co-editor of Incomes Policy
(Clarendon Press) and author (under his pen name Simon Paine) of Endangered Spaces: Privacy Law & The Home (2000). Whilst staff writer for IDS
Incomes Data Report in 1977 he was the first person to use winter of discontent
in an industrial relations context. He also drafted a code of conduct on privacy at work for the Information Commissioner's Office (1999).
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
companies in 1989. Its original member companies had come together through participation in a European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
funded project.
Since its formation, FedEE has grown to become the leading organisation for multinational employers operating in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Its principal aims are to assist major companies to achieve legal compliance, operate more effectively at an international level, take full advantage of EU expansion into central and Eastern Europe, develop practical/equitable pay structures, evaluate new employment methods and trends, monitor employee participation and trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
activities at a European level and embrace workforce diversity.
Founder and current Secretary-General of FedEE is Robin E.J Chater. Formerly Director of the Personnel Policy Research Unit, Head of Practice at Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Cambridge Consultants is an international technology development and consultancy company, providing outsourced Research and Development to clients - from start-ups to blue-chip multinationals - who need to develop innovative, technologically novel, breakthrough products...
, Client Consultant with HAY Associates Management Consultants and Senior Research Officer with Incomes Data Services (IDS). Between 1982 and 1992 he was an Advisor to DG V of the European Commission.
Robin was Co-editor of Incomes Policy
Incomes policy
Incomes policies in economics are economy-wide wage and price controls, most commonly instituted as a response to inflation, and usually below market level.Incomes policies have often been resorted to during wartime...
(Clarendon Press) and author (under his pen name Simon Paine) of Endangered Spaces: Privacy Law & The Home (2000). Whilst staff writer for IDS
IDS - Incomes Data Services Ltd
Incomes Data Services Ltd is a research organisation dedicated to employment-related areas. It provides original research, analysis and training on pay benchmarking, pay settlements, HR policy and practice, pensions law and practice, and employment law...
Incomes Data Report in 1977 he was the first person to use winter of discontent
Winter of Discontent
The "Winter of Discontent" is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members, because the Labour government of...
in an industrial relations context. He also drafted a code of conduct on privacy at work for the Information Commissioner's Office (1999).