Global Legislative Update, February 2024 

The Global Legislative Update for February 2024 provides insights from Mercer consultants around the globe about key legal developments affecting employers’ benefit and human resource programs in various countries. Download the 46-page print-friendly PDF to read the full country-by-country coverage.

Here are some highlights from the latest issue:

• Artificial intelligence: Global employer resources (updated)
• 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: Changes to private medical insurance, social security, union-managed health insurance systems effective
• Brazil: Minimum wage increased
• Canada: Federally regulated employers subject to enhanced notice requirements for terminated employees
• Dominican Republic: Changes to social security health plan issued
• Panama: Minimum wage increased
• Peru: Employees entitled to paid bereavement leave
• United States: Final rule issued to determine independent contractor vs. employee status

• Australia: Extension of superannuation disclosure relief confirmed
• China: Preventive guidance on workforce heat and cold exposure issued
• India: Gratuity insurance rules implemented in Karnataka
• Japan: Employers’ notification of employment terms to change

• France: Mandatory profit-sharing measures expanded
• Ireland: Changes to state pension effective
• Romania: Public pension contribution rates issued for 2024
• Turkey: 2024 limits for pension contributions and auto enrollment set
• Ukraine: New leave requirements for employers enacted
• United Kingdom: New general code published by Pension Regulator