Ukrainian labor legislation saw major changes in 2025 (i.e., from adjustments to the statutory minimum salary and regulations on employing persons with disabilities to provisions on employment suspension and the Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling on wage claim deadlines). This article offers a concise review of the key developments in 2025 that every employer and HR […]

The Employment Rights Bill was approved and finalised on 18 December 2025, after many rounds of parliamentary “ping pong”, becoming the Employment Rights Act (ERA) 2025. Its final form is substantively very similar to previous versions, with one important exception: the retention of a qualifying period for unfair dismissal rights (albeit reduced from two years […]

The IRS has released Fact Sheet 2026-02, providing updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the implementation of Executive Order 14247, Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account.  The Executive Order directs the transition to fully electronic federal payments both to and from the IRS, aiming to reduce fraud, increase efficiency, lower costs, and enhance […]

Vietnam has officially joined the Apostille Convention, which will be a significant shift in how foreign public documents are recognized in the country. Once the Convention enters into force, documents issued in participating member states will no longer require multi-step consular legalization. Instead, a single Apostille certificate issued in the document’s country of origin will […]

On 10 November 2025, the Vietnamese government issued Decree No. 293/2025/ND-CP (“Decree 293”) regulating the regional minimum wage (RMW) for employees working under employment contracts. Decree 293 took effect on 1 January 2026, replacing Decree No. 74/2024/ND-CP (“Decree 74”) dated 30 June 2024.In accordance with Decree 293, the monthly and hourly RMW have been increased […]

In our earlier news alerts, we referred to the ‘wage norm’ and the exceptions thereto. Two ‘exceptions’ to the wage norm are the ‘CLA n° 90 bonus’ and the ‘meal vouchers’, for which the maximum thresholds are increased in 2026. Below we provide a short overview. Time to turn your New Year’s resolutions into action. […]