Austria: Correct recording of working hours – a factor for success
brief The labor law stipulates that the deadline is September 2024. content Correct recording of working time is a factor in the success of employers What factors should be considered when recording working time? What are the benefits of recording working time correctly? How can companies ensure correct records of working hours? By ensuring that working hours are correctly recorded, employers can avoid significant penalties. Employees can better avoid overwork and the negative (health) consequences that can result from it. Correct recording of working hours also helps to improve workplace efficiency and enhances mutual trust between employees and employers. The employer's obligations and the benefits that can result from full compliance with the law are outlined below. Employers are obliged to record the exact start and end times of daily working hours, as well as daily rest periods. Exemptions are only possible in very special individual cases. The obligation to record working time can be transferred to the employee by…