HR Disrupted

The scanner covers major employment law developments and trends impacting multinational employers in 2025 and beyond in Europe, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the Netherlands, UAE and the UK. It is interactive, so you can click on the bubbles or the links in the horizon scanner to be taken to more details and click on the semi-circle icon (at the top right of each page) to be taken back to the main ‘scanner’ visual.

As you will see from the scanner, multinational employers are navigating significant transformations in workforce dynamics due to challenging economic conditions and an uncertain geopolitical landscape. Key challenges include ensuring pay equity, addressing scrutiny over DEI initiatives following President Trump’s orders, staying current with legal frameworks for rapidly advancing AI technologies, meeting evolving sustainability requirements and balancing employee requests for remote and flexible working with efforts to encourage a return to the office.

This publication includes a comprehensive analysis of how emerging trends are reshaping the workplace. From the ethical drive of Generation Z to the challenges of an ageing workforce, our report covers the spectrum of changes influencing today’s and tomorrow’s work environments.

Ius Laboris is the largest international Alliance of law firms specialising in advising companies in employment law, industrial relations, pensions law and employee compensation & benefits. The Alliance has over 1,500 lawyers specialising in employment law and is present in 56 countries and more than 165 cities around the world.