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Additional information was added to the sections dealing with hours of work, Sunday work, holiday and holiday pay, public holidays, maternity and pregnancy rights, caregiver's leave, part-time workers, fixed-term workers, temporary agency workers, and transfers of undertakings.
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New information on the EU Pay Transparency Directive has been added. The Directive will expand the current pay transparency and reporting framework.
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Private sector employers remain subject to existing Austrian equal pay and income reporting rules. However, once the EU Pay Transparency Directive is implemented, employers may face limited preparation time, with unjustified pay disparities potentially resulting in back pay, compensation claims, fines and a reversal of the burden of proof.
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The proposed labour reform law, Trabalho XXI, was rejected by Parliament, leaving the Labour Code unchanged while the Government considers a revised reform proposal.
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Under the Portuguese Labour Code, employers must provide employees with written information about the algorithms and AI systems used in employment-related decision-making, including profiling and the monitoring of professional activity.
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In the Netherlands, the internet consultation on the draft implementing decree closed on 31 July 2026. A separate consultation on a draft ministerial regulation setting out the definitions, calculation methods and reporting template for gender pay gap reporting remains open until 11 September 2026.
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From 1 August 2026, a new minimum wage rate applies in Argentina. Additional information has been added on minimum wage rules in Belgium, Germany, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates.
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The national minimum wage (SMVM) increased to ARS 376,600 from 1 August 2026.
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The Digital Omnibus on AI postpones the application of employment-specific high-risk AI system rules to 2 December 2027, and limits employers’ AI literacy obligation to taking appropriate and proportionate measures.
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Additional information has been added for Greece, Hungary and India.