Hassle-free time recording – anywhere, even on the go: By offering this option to their employees, companies can strengthen their image as an employer.
Digital transformation: ECJ judgement on the recording of working time – a blessing or a curse? Since the European Court of Justice issued its judgement on mandatory time recording, businesses have been considering their options for the future. Will this require a high level of investment, which will burden medium-sized and small businesses with even more bureaucracy? Could more staff perhaps be needed, so that the time recording meets the legal requirements? TEXT: BERNHARD SOMMER I PHOTOS: INTERFLEX DATENSYSTEME GMBH
How can companies whose staff move between various locations comply with the provisions? Employers are asking themselves whether, under this new judgement, advancements such as flexitime, working from home and trust-based working time will in future be forced to give way to rigid working-time models and time clocks. 114 | Issue 79 | October 2019
This could have disadvantages, especially for families that require a high degree of flexibility. Companies such as Interflex are offering tailored solutions to make a virtue out of necessity. According to the judgement issued by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 14 May
2019, employers in the EU will, in future, be obligated to systematically record the working time of their employees. The new judgement does not, however, specify how and where this time recording has to take place; legislators must act on this. This means that existing working time models do not, in principle, need to be modified if they allow appropriate time recording. They only have to comply with the applicable working-time legislation and Working Time Directives, and therefore account for appropriate break and rest periods. When examined in more detail, the new arrangement actually has benefits for employers: This is because, with continuous time recording,