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Don't we have a list member in Singapore who could possibly assist? Chris Packham <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Alicja My point is that it is irrelevant whether that person is employed by a UK company. The moment they arrive in a foreign country the laws of that country apply. Obviously a good employer will ensure that as a minimum they will adopt a policy that is commensurate with UK employment and health and safety law, but this can only be so far as this does not contradict the laws of the country in which that person is working. Normally there would not be a problem as we have some of the best employment and health and safety law that there is. However, I experienced a situation when working abroad myself where the local law required a certain course of action (to do with personal protective equipment) that clashed with the UK health and safety law. In that situation I had no option but to adhere to the local law. The fact that I was actually employed in the UK was irrelevant. With regard to the compensation issue, where the UK employer is not satisfied that the local law is adequately protecting their employee they have three options. One is to comply with the local law, another is to seek some agreement that their employee should have some form of exemption (unlikely to be agreed locally in my experience) and thirdly simply to withdraw that employee on the grounds that they cannot accept the risk to that person from compliance with the local law. Of course, the converse is also true. Would you expect that someone coming to the UK to work could simply ignore our health and safety law and work in a manner that we would consider unsafe but that would comply with the law in the country where they were technically employed? Chris Chris Packham FRSPH, FIIRSM, FInstSMM, MCMI, RSP, MBICSc EnviroDerm Services Unit 10, Building 11, The Mews, Mitcheldean, GL17 0SN Tel: 01386 832 311 Mobile: 07818 035 898 www.enviroderm.co.uk ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH