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Sustainability reporting obligations give rise to a duty to inform and consult the works council on relevant sustainability information, creating specific participation rights for employee representatives.
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Recent rules ensure that wages are linked to multiple cost of living components, such as housing and food. This forms part of the revised minimum wage‑setting framework.
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The draft whistleblowing protection legislation was presented to the States Assembly on 16 March 2026, with public comments invited for review in July 2026.
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The rates for the state parental allowance and the one-off state parental grant have been updated to reflect recent increases.
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Updated to reflect changes to the definition of wages, payment of wages, deductions, equal pay, minimum wages, pensions, income tax and social security, lay-offs, mandatory bonuses, and pay and benefit obligations for gig and platform workers, following the landmark reform of labour laws enacted on 21 November 2025, which merged central legislations into four comprehensive new Labour Codes.
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In response to the conflict in the Middle East, current government guidance does not mandate alternative working arrangements but it is good practice for businesses to be mindful of the current circumstances and the impact on employees and their families, and to be flexible wherever possible.
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In response to the conflict in the Middle East, authorities in Saudi Arabia have not issued any employer‑specific directives.
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New regulations affecting Ukrainian citizens have come into force on 5 March 2026. Temporary protection has been extended until 4 March 2027.
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As of March 2026, only a few member states have adopted binding measures to comply with the EU Pay Transparency Directive. In France, employers with 1,000 employees must publish gender representation data for senior managers and board members and meet a minimum 30% representation of each gender from 1 March 2026.
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In March 2026, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency published a report about gender pay, which provides benchmarks for employer gender pay gaps and identifies three key areas where employers can accelerate their progress.