When a company is considering whether to invest in another country, there are numerous pitfalls to be avoided. One of the biggest headaches is the people dimension, with particular concerns about the availability of skilled workers, pay and potential difficulties with employee dismissal. Many employers end up relying on subjective assessments or data that is often inaccurate and seriously out of date. FedEE's country ratings provide an objective evaluation of investment risk from a human resource perspective. The ratings cover 27 European Union countries, plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey and are based on 15 quantifiable factors relating to: labour supply, human capital, employee relations, inflationary pressures, labour costs and labour flexibility. FedEE's top 5 rated countries for 2007 are Poland, Denmark, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Federation of European Employers