In August 2016, the new labour laws were adopted and are coming into force between 2016 and 2018. More decrees under the new law will be published over the coming months.

Designed to combat human trafficking and slavery, the UK MSA came in to force in 2016.

The PRC's "One-Child Policy" has been replaced by the "Two-child policy" which incentivises citizens to marry earlier and have more children, as compared to the previous policy.

The major reform of Brazilian labour law announced in July, all being well, will come into effect in the middle of November.

In theory, the main goal of the reform would be to make employment contracts more flexible, with more possibilities for negotiations between the parties and unions involved.

The number of public holidays have been reduced from 19 to 12 days each year.

Gender pay gap reporting now applies to the private sector in Great Britain and to the public sector in England.

The government is planning to change this so that certificates will only need to be given on termination.

The daily minimum wage for general workers has increased from 73.04 Mexican pesos to 80.04.

On 29 March 2017, the UK Prime Minister (PM) triggered the now famous Article 50 by writing to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, notifying him of the UK's intention to leave the EU.

In November 2016 the Senate approved a bill containing new measures for the protection of the self-employed and to promote smart-working for employees.

For male employees covered by CDCSA who have Singapore citizen children born from January 1 2017 onwards, employers must provide a second week of government-paid paternity leave ("GPPL").

The EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party recently published a further Opinion, which brings its data protection thinking up to date with the technological developments that have occurred in the processing of employee data at work.

The Finnish Centre for Pensions has announced a series of pension reforms.

After consultation and a conference, the European Commission has published its Recommendation for a "compass … for upward convergence towards better working and living conditions in Europe".

Monitor progress of the MB Bill and review current policies and procedures in the light of the expected new rules.

The Brexit negotiation process is scheduled to start at the end of March 2017 and will last 2 years. This is subject to the Supreme Court's decision on whether the Government can proceed without an Act of Parliament, which may cause a delay.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) say that they make $18 for every $1 spent investigating and pursuing breaches of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).