Global Legislative Update, February 2026
February 10, 2026
The Global Legislative Update for February 2026 provides insights from Mercer consultants around the globe about key legal developments affecting employers’ benefit and human resource programs in various countries. Here are some highlights from the latest issue.
Global
- Artificial intelligence roundup: Global employer resources (updated)
- Minimum wage roundup: Global employer resources (updated)
- Remote working roundup: Global employer resources (updated)
Americas
AsiaPac
- Australia: Update on Superannuation bills introduced in 2025
- Brunei: Second phase of mandatory medical insurance launched
- China: Second batch of novel drugs exempt from Diagnosis Related Groups payment scheme issued in Beijing
- Malaysia: Expatriate permit changes to boost local employment rate introduced
- South Korea: Ruling recognizes employer’s Target Achievement Incentives as ordinary wages for severance pay calculation
EMEA
- Belgium: Mobility Budget required for certain employers starting in 2027
- Germany: Restrictions on settlement pension entitlements eased
- Greece: Launch of employee digitization platform, Ergani II, planned for February
- Ireland: Enforcement of contractual retirement ages to be generally restricted
- Italy: Termination Indemnity rules revised to increase employees’ pension participation
- Luxembourg: Pension system reforms introduced
- Morocco: Workers’ compensation tax on insurance products, services increased
- Netherlands: Reimbursements of expatriates’ cost of living expenses tightened
- Poland: Rules on electronic processes, unused holiday leave and Company Social Benefits Fund updated
- Saudi Arabia: Increased Saudization rates announced
- United Arab Emirates: Basic health plan changes announced
- United Kingdom: Implementation timeline for Employment Rights Act updated in Great Britain
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