Your guide to navigating workforce compliance in an evolving EMEA landscape.
The second quarter of 2025 delivered another wave of legal and regulatory updates across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, impacting how businesses engage contingent workers, manage risk, and stay compliant.
From wage law changes and new worker classification rules to the rise of digital work permit systems, this edition of the EMEA Workforce Risk Report equips you with the insights you need to adapt confidently.
What’s inside?
What’s happened
A country-by-country breakdown of the most impactful legal reforms, compliance requirements, and court rulings that took effect in Q2 2025.
What’s coming
A new Horizon Scanning section that flags upcoming proposals and pending reforms—so you’re never caught off guard.
Why it matters
Staying ahead of these developments isn’t just about compliance. It’s about protecting your workforce, mitigating operational risk, and ensuring your business can scale safely and successfully across borders.
“We encourage you to review the developments carefully and consider how they may affect your operations. As always, CXC is here to support you in navigating complexity and shaping a compliant, future-ready workforce.”
— Connor Heaney, President, CXC
Why download?
Whether you’re navigating regulatory change in Germany, assessing worker status in the UAE, or preparing for upcoming reforms in the UK, this report gives you the strategic foresight to act decisively.
If your business operates across multiple regions, employs a contingent workforce, or is planning for growth, this report is for you.
Download the report
Complete the form to access your free copy of the CXC EMEA Workforce Risk Report – Q2 2025.
- Stay compliant
- Plan with confidence
- Minimise risk
About CXC
At CXC, we want to help you grow your business with flexible, contingent talent. But we also understand that managing a contingent workforce can be complicated, costly and time-consuming. Through our MSP solution, we can help you to fulfil all of your contingent hiring needs, including temp employees, independent contractors and SOW workers. And if your needs change? No problem. Our flexible solution is designed to scale up and down to match our clients’ requirements.
