What is actually in force, what is pending, and what operational workflows will need to change.
This is a vendor-neutral, synthetic statutory-transition sandbox showing how joining, balloting and workplace access workflows can run in a modern, rights-preserving membership stack.
1change in force
2expected in 2026
1awaiting regulations
Generated from the evidence register · reviewed 12 July 2026
- April 2026Trade union recognition reformsIn force
- August 2026Electronic and workplace ballotingLaid — not yet in force
- October 2026Union access to workplacesLaid — not yet in force
- October 2026The duty to inform new workersNo instrument located (as of 24 August 2026)
- 2027Recognition and derecognition e-votingAnnounced intent
The transition map
The four changes, their true legal stages, and the primary source behind every claim.
The access journey
One synthetic request followed from drafting to signed agreement — and down the branches where it fails.
Happy path → · Branches → · Deadline calculator → · Evidence bundle →
The ballot-readiness journey
What electronic balloting's new rules will demand of a union's own data — before any scrutineer gets involved.
The joining journey
An invented modern join flow, and where the new duty to inform will connect to it once the regulations exist.
The control matrix
Every obligation across all four changes, mapped onto five recurring burden types in one table — downloadable as a CSV, built to print.
Corrections
What this site got wrong and fixed — dated, public, and started before launch.