A reliable and regularly updated suite of employment law guides for HR professionals with responsibilities for staff in countries outside the US.
This tool will ensure you:
- Understand employee rights in key areas including minimum wage rates, maternity leave and compensation on termination.
- Recognize the role of collective rights and bargaining in the relevant country.
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The Guide for Global Employers provides an overview of the main issues facing employers with staff in more than one country, while the individual country guides provide employment law guidance at national level.
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Our EU pay transparency table tracks the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive as member states adopt national legislation to meet its requirements. Our other comparative tables compare the statutory rules on a specific topic across different countries:
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On 11 September 2026, the Bulgarian Council of Ministers submitted a Bill to the National Assembly to transpose the Directive into national law. The Bill would amend the Protection Against Discrimination Act and introduce new rules on pay transparency and gender pay gap reporting. The proposal follows a public consultation in May 2026.
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Overtime rules for part-time employees remain uncertain after a tripartite working group failed to agree on a solution, leaving pending appeal cases to provide further clarity.
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New information on calculating severance payments in Beijing has been added.
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New information on social insurance contributions has been added.
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The weekly pay cap used to calculate statutory redundancy payments has increased to £1,100 with effect from 22 September 2026.
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On 7 September 2026, the Australian Government released a draft Bill. If approved, it would significantly limit the use of non-compete clauses and other restrictive employment terms. Further, in Victoria, new home working rights will commence on 1 July 2027 for all employers. The original 1 September 2026 date for large employers no longer applies.
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A new section has been added to outline Germany’s legal framework, including the main sources of employment law. It also clarifies the scope of the country guide.
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New proposed legislation on the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive would introduce pay-transparency obligations, while proposed amendments to the Foreigners’ Law and the single-permit framework would change immigration and mobility processes.
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Draft pay transparency legislation would prohibit salary-history questions, the youth “Return-to-Work” incentive has closed to new applicants, and further amendments to the Foreigners’ Law and single-permit framework have been promulgated but are not yet in force.
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Portugal has published draft legislation to partially transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive, proposing new pay-information rights, salary-history restrictions, pay-transparency obligations and gender pay-gap reporting requirements.