The Global Legislative Update for January 2023 provides insights from Mercer consultants around the globe about key legal developments affecting employers’ benefit and human resource programs in various countries. Download the 98-page print-friendly PDF to read the full issue. Here are some highlights of the latest coverage:

Global

• Reproductive rights roundup: Global employer resources post Dobbs ruling
• COVID-19 pandemic roundup: Global employer resources
• Minimum wage roundup: Global employer resources
• Remote-working roundup: Global employer resources
   

Americas

• Argentina: Minimum wage increased
• Aruba: Minimum wage increased
• Belize: Minimum wage increased
• Brazil: Minimum wage increased
• Canada: Federal government improves employment insurance benefits
• Colombia: Phase-in of reduced maximum weekly working time begins
• Ecuador: Minimum wage increased
• Mexico: Employers required to provide more vacation days
• United States: SECURE 2.0 retirement reforms become law
   

AsiaPac

• Australia: Federal employment reforms enacted
• China: Law designed to eliminate workplace gender discrimination, sexual harassment
• Malaysia: Employment Amendment Act 2022 takes effect
• Singapore: Foreign workers’ work permits increased
• South Korea: Retirement tax deductions increased
• Taiwan: Minimum wages increase
   

EMEA

• European Union: Enhanced corporate sustainability disclosures required
• Belgium: Employers must comply with right to disconnect and training obligations
• Croatia: Minimum wage increased for 2023
• Cyprus: Minimum wage increased for 2023
• Denmark: Tax rates for travel expenses announced
• Finland: Measures to boost reemployment of dismissed older workers take effect
• France: New social protections for metallurgy sector take effect
• Germany: Employers must record working time, court rules
• Hungary: Minimum wage and guaranteed minimum wage increased
• Ireland: Statutory paid sick leave begins
• Israel: Private medical insurance coverage reforms enacted
• Italy: Benefit coverage for executives in commercial sector expanded
• Latvia: Minimum wage increased
• Netherlands: Minimum wage increased
• Poland: Minimum wage increased
• Portugal: Retirement pension age to decrease
• Romania: Employee payroll recordkeeping requirements changed
• Russia: Minimum wage increased
• Serbia: 2023 minimum hourly wage now effective
• Slovakia: Pension reforms take effect
• Slovenia: Minimum wage increased for 2023
• Spain: Budget 2023 includes pension and social security contribution changes
• Sweden: Defined benefits to increase, employer premiums to decrease
• Turkey: Minimum wage, social security contributions announced
• United Arab Emirates: Unemployment scheme takes effect
• United Kingdom: The Pensions Regulator consults on defined benefit funding regime