Working Time Act

Klokk checks all recorded times continuously against the German Working Time Act (ArbZG) — and for people under special protection also against the rules for young workers, maternity protection and severe disability. Klokk prevents nothing: it shows violations so you can act on them.

What is checked

Rule	Limit	Section
Maximum working time per day	10 hours	§ 3
Working time per week	notice beyond 48 hours in a calendar week (stricter than the law, which allows up to 60 when the average holds)	§ 3
Average over 24 weeks	8 hours per working day (Monday to Saturday); public holidays and approved absences are no balancing days	§ 3
Breaks	30 minutes for more than 6 hours, 45 for more than 9 — exactly 6 or 9 hours need no more	§ 4
Rest period	11 hours between two working days	§ 5
Night work (11 pm to 6 am)	beyond 8 hours only when balanced over 4 weeks, never beyond 10 hours	§ 6
Sundays and public holidays	at least 15 free Sundays a year; a substitute rest day within two weeks of Sunday work and eight weeks of public-holiday work	§ 11

Travel time counts by its kind: driving, a ride as directed and working on the way are working time; the company can exempt passenger time without work — see travel time.

Where violations show

At clock-out Klokk points out a break or rest period that is too short.
In the time analysis violations show on their day, with the rule broken.
Exceeding the maximum working time or missing the rest period triggers a mandatory notification to the person — it cannot be switched off (see notifications).
In the shift plan Klokk warns while planning if a plan would break the rules.

Weekly overview for approvers

Every Monday, everyone who decides requests — managers and admins — receives by e-mail the previous week’s violations among their people. Quiet weeks without violations send no mail. Everyone switches the overview on or off in their profile under Weekly working-time act overview.