For each of the past 12 years, we have surveyed milestones and significant events in the international employment law space to update and publish The Employment Law Review. Every year when I update this book, I reread the Preface that I wrote for the first edition in 2009. In that first edition, I noted that I believed that this type of book was long overdue because multinational corporations must understand and comply with the laws of the various jurisdictions in which they operate. I have been practising international employment law for more than 25 years, and I can say this holds especially true today, as the past 13 years have witnessed progressive shifts in the legal landscape in many jurisdictions. This 13th edition of The Employment Law Review is proof of the continuously growing importance of international employment law. It has given me great pride and pleasure to see this publication grow and develop to satisfy its initial purpose: to serve as a tool to help legal practitioners and human resources professionals identify issues that present challenges to their clients and companies. As the various editions of this book have highlighted, changes to the laws of many jurisdictions over the past several years emphasise why we continue to consolidate and review this text to provide readers with an up-to-date reference guide.

Originally Published in The Law Reviews - February 2022.