Global HR compliance checklist
A yearly review across countries: contracts and status, pay and time, leave and benefits, policies and training, data, immigration and employee representation.
Step by step
- 1Tick each item as you go: your progress is kept in this browser.
- 2Open the detail under an item when you need the why.
- 3Copy the checklist into your project tool to share it with the team.
Watch-outs
What changes from one country to another, with the legal source.
Employers must have an objective, reliable and accessible system to record daily working time.
CJEU, C-55/18 CCOO v Deutsche Bank, 14 May 2019Employers with 250 or more employees publish their gender pay gap every year.
Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017Companies with 50 or more employees publish their gender equality index every year.
Code du travail L1142-8Employers with 100 or more employees file the EEO-1 report.
EEOC, 29 C.F.R. § 1602.7Employers with 5 or more employees provide sexual harassment prevention training every two years.
California Government Code § 12950.1The four labour codes in force since 21 November 2025 change registers, returns and wage definitions.
Code on Wages 2019; KSK, 2025Legal references checked on 15 Oct 2026. Rules change: check the source before you rely on it.
Questions people ask
Is it free?
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