Below are FUE objectives, services and benefits

• To promote and encourage consultation amongst its members on matters concerning Employment and Industrial Development.
• To advice and cooperate with the Government of Uganda and with others in the promotion of Employment Interests and Industrial Development.
• To promote and encourage Labour Market and other surveys and the collection and dissemination amongst employers statistical information and to provide information and advice on all matters relating to such interests.
• To collaborate with the Government of Uganda and other Bodies in surveying requirements of Employers in the fields of skilled and specialized personnel manpower development and promotion of schemes for Training of personnel locally and abroad.
• To advise Employers on labour Disputes and to present and arrange for their representation of Employers in any proceedings before the Arbitration Board, Committees of inquiry, Industrial Courts or other Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies.
• To initiate, promote, support or approve legislative and other measures affecting or likely to affect the interests of employers.
• To provide expertise in industrial relations especially in negotiations, handling of labour disputes, including strikes, and concluding collective agreements.
• To develop HIV/AIDS workplace solutions aimed at creating awareness and mitigating the impact of the scourge through a programme of AIDS Education and Prevention in the Work Place and the development of HIV/AIDS workplace I.E.C materials.
• To lobby government on matters affecting members and advocate for an enabling and conducive business environment.
• To promote youth employability program including; sensitizing the youth on career guidance, ethics and work attitudes, recruitment processes, labour market information and employers expectations.

1. Employment Relations Services
   • Provision of advice on existing Labour Legislation and practices in Uganda
   • Representation in court on employment issues
   • Negotiations with Trade Unions
   • Drafting Procedural Manuals e.g Collective Agreements, Staff Rules and Regulations etc
   • Training Management Teams in Industrial Relations
   • Preparing Management Teams for Collective Bargaining
2. Training and Consultancy (Note: FUE conducts specific in-house training programmes in other fields according to customer’s needs/demands)
   • Industrial Relations
   • Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
   • AIDS Education and Prevention in the Workplace
   • Supervisory Management
   • Productivity Improvement for Business Competitiveness
   • Total Quality Management
   • Organizational Development Training and Consultancy (cont’d)
   • Customer Care
   • Transactional Analysis
   • Human Resource Management
   • Working Conditions Surveys
   • Salaries/Wages Surveys
   • HR Surveys (EYA)
   • OSH Audits
3. Labour Market Information
   • Employment conditions
   • Child Labour
   • Occupational Health and Safety
   • Labour Unions
   • International Labour Standards 
   • Human Resource Policies and Practices 
4. Advocating for favourable employment labour policies/legislation
   • Consultations with Members
   • Developing Position Papers
   • Lobbying relevant ministries/personalities in Government
5. Representing interests of Ugandan Employers
   • Sitting on various Boards, Minimum Wage Advisory Boards, Industrial Court, Network of Professional Organizations on Corruption, NSSF, Labour Advisory Board, etc
   • Membership to EABC, PEC, ECSAEC, IOE and ILO
   • Member of Uganda’s Delegation to ILO
6. Dissemination of information
   • Publications
   • Copies of Legislation
   • Newsletter
   • Guidelines/Codes of Practice
   • Website
   • Reports

• Widen the scope of advocacy to cover all policies and legislation that impact on business performance
• Legal representation of Members on Employment related cases
•  Looking for business opportunities for Members abroad

Membership Category

1. Associate Membership Category. The additional benefits include:
   • Capacity Building in Negotiation Skills
   • Secretarial services at subsidized fees
   • Conducting negotiations on behalf of the Association at subsidized fees
   • Organizing meetings/conferences at a subsidized fee
2. Corporate Membership Category

Members who pay Shs10m/- per year are entitled to all the benefits above in addition to the following:

• Free quarterly clinics covering relevant subjects to management
• Logo appearance on every FUE Publication
• Automatic seat on the Executive Council
• Recognition at every FUE function
• Corporate table for 8 at EYA events