The Labor Code is being reformed. But what consequences does this reform have for you and your company? Do you have to purchase expensive time recording systems or is free software enough? In this article, we'll show you practical advice on how to record your employees' working time with minimal administrative effort, while complying with all legal requirements.
Employees' working hours must be recorded, according to a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The German Federal Labor Court ruled in September 2022 that German employers are obliged to record time. The Working Hours Act stipulates that working hours may not exceed an average of eight hours per working day and a maximum of 48 hours per week. Employees may work a maximum of 10 hours per day or 60 hours per week, must take at least a 30-minute break during an 8-hour day, and must take at least 11 hours of rest. In order for a violation of this regulation to be noticed at all, an employer must first record the working hours of its employees.
The ruling of the European Court of Justice requires a system for measuring daily working time that is objective, reliable and accessible. This is particularly relevant against the backdrop of the increasing importance of home office and hybrid working. Traditional time clocks that are tied to specific work locations are not an accessible solution when employees work from different locations.
Digital solutions have entered the workplace to enable time tracking in home offices and other locations. However, entering hours into digital spreadsheets like Excel or Google Sheets is time-consuming and error-prone for employees. It's easy to mistype or get rows and columns mixed up. In addition, each employee keeps their own spreadsheets in different filing locations, making it difficult for managers and HR to merge the data. At the end of the month, they have to wade through a multitude of digital timesheets.
How can employees' working time be recorded quickly, easily and in compliance with the law? The answer is: with ApptiveGrid Time Recording! This tool is specially tailored to the needs of companies and makes time recording much easier.
ApptiveGrid time tracking offers a user-friendly interface in which all relevant data such as working hours, vacation requests and sick leave of employees can be recorded. As an administrator, you have a full overview of the attendances and absences of all employees in your company. This allows you to quickly and easily monitor and manage the working hours of your employees. ApptiveGrid time tracking is a highly customizable solution. You can design the database entirely according to your own specific requirements. Managing the data is simple and straightforward. You can add or remove employees, edit working hours and approve or reject leave requests.
In summary, ApptiveGrid Time Tracking is the perfect tool for companies looking for a simple and effective way to track their employees' working hours. With a user-friendly interface and a variety of customization options, ApptiveGrid Time Tracking is the ideal solution for managing your employees' working hours.
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When your employees submit forms, new entries are created in the corresponding tables in ApptiveGrid. As a manager, you then have the option to approve or reject these entries in the ApptiveGrid app. View all data in the form of a calendar overview via the calendar - so you always have a complete overview of all recorded times.
You want to enter additional data? No problem. ApptiveGrid gives you maximum freedom to customize and design your personalized time tracking. Use the form editor to select the appropriate data, specify default values or use descriptions to guide your employees through the form. Everything according to your wishes.
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With ApptiveGrid Time Recording you have the possibility to record the working time of your employees quickly and easily. In doing so, you have an intuitive and user-friendly ApptiveGrid app for your employees, which you can customize to meet your individual needs. In the app, your employees can record work hours, vacation requests, and sick leave in web forms that you can provide with specific instructions to guide those completing them safely through the process. Each completed web form corresponds to a workday, a vacation request or a sick note. This allows you to keep track of your employees' attendances and absences at all times, and to make time recording in your company effective and legally compliant.
With ApptiveGrid, you can map all the processes required to record the working hours of your employees in accordance with current legal requirements and reduce the administrative effort to a minimum. You have a comprehensive overview of the hours worked in the team at all times and can use the ApptiveGrid app to evaluate the data for individual employees to ensure compliance with working time regulations.
Unlike managing scattered timesheets in Excel or Google Sheets, ApptiveGrid lets you document your employees' time tracking, vacation requests and sick days in one central location. All you need is an Internet browser and an email address.
However, ApptiveGrid does not only provide a solution for time tracking. You can also create a variety of software solutions with ApptiveGrid to fit your needs. Explore our templates and get started today with one for free.