The forward-looking dates tracked across every issue of The Horizon, sorted by when they bite. Filter to your region, subscribe as a calendar feed, and stop discovering deadlines from a Slack DM the week before.
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| Effective / trigger | What it is | Window to act / source |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr 2026 | UK Employment Rights Act: day-one SSP (live) | Live since 6 April. Payroll engines and absence policies must be updated; FY26/27 budgets recalibrated for the SSP cost uplift. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 7 Jun 2026 | EU Pay Transparency Directive transposition deadline | This week. Most member states unready. Adopt a pan-EU floor policy now: pay bands in job ads, candidate disclosure rights, no pay-history questions, gap analytics for 100+ employee entities. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 10 Jun 2026 | UK Cyber Security & Resilience Bill: report stage and third reading | Imminent. Map vendor contracts to the new "critical supplier" perimeter; flight-test incident-reporting timelines now. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 19 Jun 2026 | UK DUAA Section 103: standalone data-protection complaints duty | Imminent. Stand up a discrete complaints workflow with documented SLA before 19 June; train front-line teams to route complaints distinctly from DSRs. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 30 Jun 2026 | First Pillar Two GIR filing deadline (calendar-year groups) | This month. Lock down CbCR safe-harbour analysis for FY2025 and confirm GIR filing approach (local vs. central) before 30 June. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Germany's KI-MIG supervisory regime — BNetzA as lead AI authority | If you operate in Germany, confirm your BNetzA-facing posture and GPAI documentation before August. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Connecticut online safety provisions: chatbots and automated employment decisions | Q3 2026 to update consumer-facing chatbot disclosures and employment AI workflows. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 2 Dec 2026 | EU AI Act synthetic-content transparency (Omnibus 3-month grace) | This year. Confirm AI-generated content labelling is live in EU-facing products now. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 30 Dec 2026 | EU Deforestation Regulation (large/medium operators) | H2 2026 to lock in due-diligence statement workflows on the staged Information System; decide downstream-operator status for finished-goods imports. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 1 Jan 2027 | Colorado AI Act (revised, narrowed) takes effect | H2 2026 to align disclosures to the narrowed automated-decision scope. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 2 Dec 2027 | EU AI Act Annex III high-risk obligations | Long runway, but classification and conformity work should start in 2026. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |
| 14 Dec 2027 | EU Forced Labour Regulation full application | Enforcement infrastructure live from 17 May 2026. Map your product portfolio against the Commission's risk database and tighten supplier contracts before 2027. (from The legal horizon — May 2026) |