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Legislative updates 2026: A guide for HR and Payroll teams
Each year brings changes to local employment and tax regulations, and when you’re operating across multiple countries, those updates are easy to miss and can create compliance risk. This guide brings together key legislative updates for 28 countries in 2026, with clear implications for HR, payroll, and compliance teams managing international employment.
In this guide, you will learn:
- The most important legislative updates across the countries we serve, country by country
- What the EU Pay Transparency Directive changes for recruitment, employee rights, pay criteria, and reporting
- What to prepare for under the UK Employment Rights Act, including new day-one rights and stricter rules around dismissals and redundancies
- Where worker classification is under increased scrutiny, and what that means for contractor-heavy models
- The family-friendly policy shifts that will affect leave planning and payroll across multiple countries
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Labour laws refer to the extensive set of regulations that govern various aspects of the employer-employee relationship.
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