Global Legislative Update, November 2025 

November 12, 2025

The November Global Legislative Update provides insights from Mercer consultants worldwide. Download the 69-page print-friendly PDF for the latest coverage:

• Artificial intelligence: Roundup: Global employer resources
• Minimum wage roundup: Roundup: Global employer resources
• Remote working: Roundup: Global employer resources
• Reproductive rights: Roundup: Global employer resources
• Right to disconnect: Roundup: Global employer resources

• Barbados: Minimum wage increased
• Brazil: Maternity leave for extended hospitalization related to childbirth expanded
• Colombia: New regulation on provision of breastfeeding spaces issued
• El Salvador: Minimum wage increased
• Peru: Regulations to support pension system reform issued
• United States: Top 10 health, fringe and leave benefit compliance and policy issues in 2026

• Australia: Payday super legislation introduced
• China: Private pension withdrawal options expanded
• India: Employers can voluntarily enroll eligible employees in Employees’ Provident Fund
• Malaysia: Employment protections for gig workers finalized
• Myanmar: Minimum wage increased for private sector
• Singapore: The Workplace Fairness (Dispute Resolution) Bill passes
• South Korea: Implementation plans effective date for labor relations law announced
• Taiwan: Increased minimum wage proposed

• European Union: Revised European Works Council Directive approved
• Albania: Increased minimum wage announced
• Bahrain: Upgraded Wage Protection System introduced
• Belgium: ‘Unemployment with company allowance’ early retirement scheme for new entrants ends
• Croatia: Increased minimum wage announced
• Czech Republic: Increased minimum wage announced
• Denmark: Bereavement leave for spouses and cohabitating partners expanded
• Greece: Labor law changes introduced
• Hungary: Personal tax exemption scheme for certain mothers expanded
• Ireland: Budget for 2026 includes benefit and employment measures
• Isle of Man: Shared parental leave, parental bereavement leave introduced
• Lithuania: Minimum wage to increase
• Nigeria: Guidelines on foreign currency pension contributions issued
• Norway: Company-specific age limits to be abolished
• Poland: Method for determining length of service to expand
• Qatar: New fee structure for work permits introduced
• Romania: Medical leave and pay reduced
• Saudi Arabia: Health insurance disclosure form for smaller employers to be introduced
• Slovakia: Minimum wage to increase
• Tanzania: Minimum wage for private sector to increase on Jan. 1, 2026
• United Kingdom: Four consultations on measures in Employment Rights Bill issued

 

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