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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Global employment law: 2025 in review and a look ahead to 2026 - DLA Piper GENIE

At a glance

  • Our global report reviewing 2025 and previewing 2026 identifies top trends impacting global employers.
  • We also provide country-by-country reviews of 2025 and previews of 2026 for 52 jurisdictions across EMEA, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
  • Relevant developments include pay transparency, AI in the workplace, DEI divergence and leave laws as well as many others.

Global employers are preparing for a new era of workforce planning, compliance, and innovation. Economic and geopolitical uncertainty, rapid technological disruption, and fragmented regulation are rewriting the rules of employment worldwide.

In our global report reviewing 2025 and previewing 2026, we identify top trends impacting global employers – and what may come in the new year.

To make it easy to see what’s happening at country level, we have also produced country-by-country reviews of 2025 and 2026 previews for 52 jurisdictions across EMEA, Asia Pacific, and the Americas. Log in to your GENIE account to access the full content.

Among the developments we consider are a wave of pay transparency and gender equality measures, scrutiny of AI in the workplace, DEI divergence, expanding and diversifying leave laws, immigration and workforce mobility, and reforms to dismissal, probation and contractual flexibility.

Employers are encouraged to continually monitor developments around these issues. To learn more about the implications of any development for your business, please reach out to any member of...



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