A reliable and regularly updated suite of employment law guides for HR professionals with responsibilities for staff in countries outside the UK.
This tool will ensure you:
- Understand employee rights in key areas including minimum wage rates, maternity leave and compensation on termination.
- Recognise the role of collective rights and bargaining in the relevant country.
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Global employer
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.
Global resources
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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New and updated
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Updated to reflect changes to paternity and shared parental leave in Singapore and to include additional information on leave entitlements in Austria, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa and Switzerland.
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Updated to reflect new information on the expected date of the new auto-enrolment pension obligation on employers and the introduction of a living wage.
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Updated to include new information on annual entitlement to statutory sick pay.
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Updated to include new information on the status of proposed measures for the simplification of payslips.
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Updated to include new information on personal training accounts.
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Updated to include new information on fixed-term workers, concerning the trial of multi-replacement contracts.
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Updated to include new information on outplacement and employability measures.
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Updated to include new reporting obligations for designated employers, effective from 15 April 2025.
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Updated to reflect an increase to the earnings threshold and additional information on maternity and pregnancy rights.
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Updated to reflect an increase to the earnings threshold, effective from 1 April 2025.