Global Legislative Update, October 2023 

The Global Legislative Update for October 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 70-page print-friendly PDF to read the full country-by-country coverage.

Here are some highlights from the latest issue:

• Minimum wage rates: Global employer resources (updated)
• One-page guide: Mercer online resources (client ready)
• Remote working: Global employer resources (updated)
• Reproductive rights: Global employer resources post Dobbs ruling (updated)

• Argentina: Private prepaid health system costs increased
• Canada: Voluntary code of conduct on advanced generative artificial intelligence issued
• Chile: Minimum wage increased
• United States: Proposed rule would significantly expand overtime exemptions

• Australia: Financial Accountability Regime enacted
• Bangladesh: New contributory pension scheme launched
• China: Maternity medical insurance coverage expanded in Guizhou province
• Japan: Minimum wage increased
• Laos: Minimum wage increased
• Philippines: National employment master plan enacted
• Taiwan: Minimum wage to increase
• Vietnam: Foreign worker permit rules revised

• European Union: Digitization of social security information proposed
• Channel Islands — Guernsey increases minimum wage, tax offset for employer-provided accommodation and food offsets
• Germany: Federal labor court confirms case law on employer liability for pension fund commitments
• Luxembourg: Social security contribution rates increased
• Morocco: Minimum wage increased
• Poland: Two-phase minimum wage increase announced
• Romania: Minimum wage increased
• South Africa: Amended employment equity measures now effective
• United Kingdom: Pension auto-enrollment to expand, reducing eligible age and abolishing earnings threshold