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Lockton Global Benefits Navigating the complexities of multinational business Primary Menu Home Countries Angola Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Belgium Bermuda Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Egypt El Salvador Estonia European Union Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritius Mexico Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Mozambique Oman Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Vietnam Zambia Categories Employment Practices Global Risk Health & Welfare Mobility Perquisites Proposed Legislation Retirement Social Insurance Tax Webcasts About Lockton Global Compliance News Search for: Ireland Ireland to introduce a new auto-enrollment pension scheme for employees May 8, 2024 May 8, 2024 The Irish government recently published a bill introducing a mandatory automatic enrollment of employees into a central government-run defined contribution pension fund. Auto-enrolment is expected to enter into effect once this bill is passed in January 2025. If the bill passes, the auto-enrollment pension scheme will be effective in early 2024. Netherlands The Netherlands Reforms Its Pension System May 6, 2024 May 6, 2024 The Netherlands has embarked on sweeping pension reform that will affect most employer-sponsored and industry-wide pension plans and require significant effort from employers, employee representatives, pension providers, and asset managers over the next several years to amend schemes by the 1 January 2028 deadline. Employers should begin their transition planning now. Argentina Belgium Brazil Chile Colombia Denmark Greece Italy Luxembourg Mexico Norway Peru Philippines Portugal Russian Federation Slovakia Spain Sweden Taiwan Turkey Ukraine New Remote Working Legislation Around the World [Updated] May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024 With the rise of technology, work from home has been a steadily growing trend for many years. Remote working has exploded since Spring 2020 with quarantines, workplace closures, and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least for jobs and industries that do not always require workers to be on-site. This abrupt, worldwide shift to remote work has sparked new logistical and structural legal challenges that have warranted many countries to pass teleworking legislation, some of which are summarized in this article. New teleworking legislation varies widely across countries. While some countries introduced their first teleworking general legal framework, other countries passed more detailed measures. This article will only cover permanent teleworking legislation that has entered into effect since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. Temporary COVID-19 related measures, as well as proposed legislation not yet passed as of the publication of this article will not be addressed. Israel War and the Workplace in Israel May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024 As combat operations continue in Gaza, there have been several developments affecting the workplace, employee rights, and employer obligations in Israel. Cyprus Cyprus Increases Maternity Leave Entitlements May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024 Cyprus has extended maternity leave entitlements for first-time birthing mothers, first-time adopting mothers, and mothers whose newborn is hospitalized for 14 or more days for health reasons. The extended leave provisions enacted by the Protection of Maternity (amendment) Law of 2024 apply to female employees who are on maternity leave or commencing maternity leave from 1 March 2024. Mozambique Mozambique Expands Leave Entitlements April 1, 2024 April 1, 2024 The government of Mozambique passed Labor Law No. 13/2023 introducing several changes, including increases in maternity leave, paternity leave, and annual leave entitlements. The changes entered into effect on 21 February 2024. Hong Kong Hong Kong Increases Statutory Public Holidays April 1, 2024 April 1, 2024 The Hong Kong Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2021, which focuses on progressively increasing statutory annual paid public holidays from 13 days to 17 days by 2030, entered into effect on 5 March 2021. The first of the five additional public holidays, the Birthday of Buddha, became effective in 2022. The second one, which falls on the first weekday after Christmas, will become available to employees in December 2024. Australia Australia Combines and Expands Parental Leave Entitlements April 1, 2024 April 1, 2024 UPDATE: From 1 July 2024, government-paid combined gender-neutral parental leave will increase from 20 weeks to 22 weeks. Parental leave entitlements will increase again to 24 weeks from July 2025 and 26 weeks from July 2026. Bahrain Bahrain Implements New End of Service Gratuity For Expatriates March 25, 2024 April 4, 2024 The Bahraini government recently introduced legislation (Edict 109 of 2023) requiring private sector employers to participate in a government program to fund and deliver the mandatory End of Service Gratuity (EOSG) payments for expatriate (non-Bahraini) employees. India Karnataka Introduces Compulsory Gratuity Insurance Rules March 18, 2024 April 23, 2024 On 10 January 2024, the government of Karnataka released compulsory gratuity insurance rules, 2024 (the Rules”), mandating that businesses in Karnataka, covered under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, obtain an insurance policy to cover their gratuity liabilities. Posts navigation Older posts Subscribe to Monthly Updates Email Address Subscribe to: Global Benefits Global Risk Not legal advice Nothing in this publication should be construed as legal advice. 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