Global Legislative Update, March 2024 

March 5, 2024

The Global Legislative Update for March 2024 provides insights from Mercer consultants around the globe about key legal developments affecting employers’ benefit and human resource programs in various countries. Download the 51-page print-friendly PDF to read the full country-by-country coverage.

Here are some highlights from the latest issue:

• Artificial intelligence: Global employer resources (updated)
• Minimum wage rates: Global employer resources (updated)
• Remote working: Global employer resources (updated)
• Reproductive rights: Global employer resources post Dobbs ruling (updated)

• Argentina: Individuals allowed more medical insurance choice
• Colombia: Court rules on new calculation method for pension contributions
• United States: Agencies launch SECURE 2.0 reporting and disclosure review
• United States: Mercer online resources (client ready)

• Australia: Digital statutory declarations allowed
• China: Guidelines to improve employment protection of platform workers issued
• Singapore: National Wages council guidelines accepted
• Taiwan: Employee protections from sexual harassment expanded

• European Union: Proposals to strengthen transnational information and consultation rights issued
• Austria: Pension reforms encourage longer working lives
• Bahrain: Changes related to end-of-service gratuity scheme now effective
• Channel Islands: Employer-provided benefits tax exemption guidance issued in Guernsey
• Denmark: A public holiday abolished from 2024
• Greece:  Same-sex civil marriage law enacted
• Italy: 2024 budget includes employment measures
• Kenya: New social health insurance scheme launched
• Lithuania: Additional leave for adoptive mothers introduced
• Luxembourg: Regulator increases maximum guaranteed interest rate
• South Africa: Two-pot pension changes announced
• United Arab Emirates: Medical insurance policies must be uploaded electronically
• United Kingdom: New defined benefit publishing regime published