Timebutler does not currently support monthly or weekly working hours — only a daily planned working time per weekday (Monday to Sunday). The following workaround uses an employee in marginal employment with a fixed monthly number of hours as an example.
Log in to Timebutler as an admin and click Settings > Working days in the bottom left. In the row for the affected employee, click the blue Edit button.
Enable the working days on which the employee will (potentially) work, for example Monday to Friday. A planned working time must be entered for each enabled day. Because weekly or monthly working hours cannot be entered, you cannot enter the correct value here — but 0 h is not possible either, as the day would then not count as a working day. Instead, enter 1 m (1 minute).
On the same page, set the Number of hours not to transfer to the next month option to Do not transfer any overtime hours or negative overtime to the next month (the overtime balance will always be 0 h). Save the change.
That’s it.
In the working time account, the employee will technically accumulate overtime during the month, since their planned working time is only 1 minute per day. Timebutler resets the overtime balance to 0 at the end of each month, so this number can be ignored.
What matters instead is the number of hours the employee actually worked in that month. To find this, go to Employees > Time tracking > Working time accounts in the top left. Click Working time in period, then Month / Year, and select the desired month. The second-to-last column, Hours worked, shows the total hours the employee worked in that month.
Hourly wage earners If your company employs hourly wage earners for whom hours worked, vacation, sick leave, and public holidays are all paid, read here how to determine working time details for hourly employees.
Note: Marginal employment (mini-job) is a German-specific employment classification defined under German social security law. The configuration described here is intended for this employment type. Similar part-time or low-hour employment arrangements exist in other countries, but the legal framework and payroll requirements differ. Check the applicable regulations before applying this setup outside of Germany.