Wet- en regelgeving
Wat de wet in uw land werkelijk vraagt te registreren, hoe lang u het bewaart en waar een inspecteur naar vraagt.
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Germany: you are already required to record all working time
The obligation has been in force since September 2022, it applies to every employer, and it did not arrive through the Working Hours Act. Plenty of businesses are still waiting for a law that already effectively exists.
Ireland: the working-time records you must keep, and what happens if you do not
Missing records are not just a fine. Under the Organisation of Working Time Act, if you have no records, you are the one who has to prove you complied - not the employee who has to prove you did not.
Spain: what changes when your time records have to go digital
Paper has been legal in Spain since 2019. The reform in progress changes that, adds real-time access for the labour inspectorate, and moves fines from per site to per employee.
De Arbeidstijdenwet gaat ook over rusttijden, niet alleen arbeidstijden
De wet vraagt een deugdelijke registratie van arbeids- én rusttijden, vormvrij, minstens 52 weken bewaard. Die vrijheid is echt, en juist daar gaat het bij de meeste werkgevers mis.
Italy: the Libro Unico is due on the 16th, and it is what an inspector believes
Italy does not just ask you to record hours. It asks for a specific document, consolidated by the 16th of the following month and kept five years, and in an inspection it is the record that counts.
Portugal: your time records have to be readable on the spot
Article 202 asks for entry and exit times plus every interruption, kept five years, in a place that allows immediate consultation. That last phrase does more work than it looks.
France: if your staff do not all work the same hours, the count is daily
Article D3171-8 applies the moment your team stops working to one posted collective schedule - which for shift work is always. It asks for a daily record and a weekly summary.
Reistijd tussen locaties is arbeidstijd
Voor medewerkers zonder vaste werkplek oordeelde het Hof van Justitie dat de rit van huis naar de eerste klant en van de laatste klant naar huis arbeidstijd is. Het arrest wordt vaak verkeerd weergegeven, omdat het de klok verandert en niet per se de beloning.