Recording working hours

Recording working hours

A guide to employer obligations across the EU and UK

About this guide

In the EU, accurate recording of employee working hours by employers is crucial to ensure compliance with local labour laws,  minimise the risks of  disputes and avoid potential sanctions which, in some circumstances, may lead to significant liabilities.

Our brand new Recording working hours: A guide to employer obligations across the EU and UK will assist you to understand the key obligations, analyse your existing approach and gauge your risk.  Our guide gives you access to recording obligations in 26 jurisdictions, providing at-a-glance information on general time recording obligations as well as detailed content on recordable hours, employees in scope and potential penalties for non-compliance. It contains helpful insights on enforcement as well as on upcoming legislative changes. Full information for each country is only available to our GENIE subscribers.

You can view content for a single country, or generate comparisons on a specific topic for multiple jurisdictions at a time. To get started, click on the map below, or select your countries and topic of interest from the dropdown menu.

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Jurisdictions covered

Select a country below to discover whether mandatory obligations to record normal daily working hours apply.

Legal obligations to
record normal daily
working hours

No legal obligations to
record normal daily
working hours

Country In general, is there a legal obligation to record normal daily working hours? Is there a legal sanction for failure to record normal daily working hours? In general, can recording obligations be delegated to employees? Is electronic recording mandatory?
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Belgium cross N/A cross cross
Bulgaria cross N/A tick cross
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Czech Republic tick tick tick cross
Denmark tick cross tick cross
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Italy

cross*

*No standalone obligation

N/A cross cross
Latvia tick tick tick cross
Lithuania tick tick tick cross
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Netherlands tick tick tick cross
Poland tick tick tick cross
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cross

(except in specific circumstances)

Spain tick tick tick cross
Sweden cross N/A N/A cross
UK cross N/A tick cross