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Compliance Calendar

Employment rules taking effect in the next 90 days (2026-11-10 to 2027-02-08), worldwide. Several reports on the same change are shown as one line.

December 2026

Tue 1 Dec

🇪🇸 Spain
- Reported Spain approves paid menopause leave measure, effective December 1

Wed 2 Dec

🇮🇹 Italy
- Proposed Italy's draft decree transposing EU platform work directive nears final approval, with employment presumption and curbs on algorithmic dismissals

Thu 31 Dec

🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Reported Netherlands: employment presumption for freelancers earning up to €38 an hour to take effect 31 December 2026
  Reports differ on the date: 2026-12-31 / 2027-01-01
  3 reports
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Proposed UK Temporary Shortage List expires 31 December 2026 and is expected to shrink

January 2027

Fri 1 Jan

🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Reported TLT outlook: UK unfair dismissal qualifying period to fall to six months and compensatory cap to be abolished from 1 January 2027
  2 reports
  - TLT outlook: UK unfair dismissal qualifying period to fall to six months and compensatory cap to be abolished from 1 January 2027
  - UK to strengthen tribunal protections against unfair dismissal for pregnant women from 2027
- Reported UK Employment Rights Act 2025 creates new risks for fixed-term contracts
🇩🇰 Denmark
- Reported Denmark names 16 countries eligible for new Collective Agreement work permit scheme starting 1 January 2027
🇩🇪 Germany
- Reported Germany's mini-job and midi-job thresholds to change from 1 January 2027
🇪🇸 Spain
- Reported Spain's general rules on electronic working-time records take effect 1 January 2027; law does not expressly require logging each break

“Verified” dates are checked against official sources in our regulations tracker. “Reported” dates come from news reports and are kept only when the date appears in the original report. For reference only, not legal advice.