October 11, 2022

The Global Legislative Update for October 2022 provides insights from Mercer consultants around the globe about key legal developments affecting employers’ benefit and human resource programs in various countries. Download the 65-page print-friendly PDF to read the full issue. Here are some highlights of the latest coverage:

Global

COVID-19 roundup: Global employer resources
Minimum wage roundup: Global employer resources
Remote-working roundup: Global employer resources
Reproductive rights roundup: Global employer resources
Monkeypox roundup: Global employer resources

Americas

Argentina: Monthly minimum wage rate increased
Bermuda: Minimum wage rate to be implemented
Brazil: Health plans must cover prescribed treatments not on health agency list
Canada: Regulator sets basic rate for pension plan assessments
El Salvador: Large employers will be required to provide day care facilities
Guyana: Minimum wage increased
United States: More salary disclosure, pay data reporting imposed in California

AsiaPac

Australia: Financial advice reforms proposed
Cambodia: Pension contributions begin
China: Tax concessions offered for private pensions
Japan: Minimum wage rates announced
Malaysia: Effective date of Employment Amendment Act 2022 postponed
Philippines: Rules on teleworking arrangements issued
Singapore: Medical coverage of permit applicants enhanced
South Korea: National health insurance rate to increase for 2023
Taiwan: Minimum wage to increase
Thailand: Minimum wage rates increased

EMEA

European Union: Directive on promoting statutory minimum wages finalized
Albania: Minimum wage increased
Austria: Employers can pay tax-free cost-of-living bonus
Cyprus: 2023 minimum wage announced
Germany: Minimum wage increased
Ireland: Statutory paid sick leave enacted
Italy: Benefit coverage for executives in commercial sector expanded
Morocco: Minimum wage increased
Netherlands: 30% tax rule for expatriate employees to change
Poland: Minimum wage to increase twice in 2023
Serbia: 2023 minimum hourly wage published
Slovakia: Minimum wage to increase in 2023
Spain: Equality legislation expanded
Sweden: ITP occupational pension rules adjusted
Switzerland: First pillar pension scheme reforms approved
Ukraine: Minimum wage increased
United Kingdom: Draft pension funding regulations proposed

by Stephanie Rosseau

Principal, Mercer’s Law & Policy Group

by Fiona Webster

Principal, Mercer’s Law & Policy Group

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