Some companies want to enable time tracking but avoid having employees enter or record working times. Instead, the working time entries should be generated automatically for each working day and with the configured target working time for each employee.
We intentionally do not perform such fully automated creation of working time entries: the purpose of time tracking is to record actual working time. Laws also aim for employees to record their own working times and for them to be correct and complete. A time tracking setup that automatically creates working time entries therefore does not meet the requirements for time tracking.
You still have several options to enable automated time tracking almost completely while still complying with the requirements:
Automatic recording using the time clock
You can still make recording much easier for employees. Activate the [Time clock(/time-tracking/enter-working-hours/enter-working-hours-time-clock/) and set a [Break policy(/time-tracking/break-rules/set-up-break-policies/).
That’s it.
Employees now only need to start the time clock on the days they work and do not need to worry about anything else. Timebutler will automatically stop the time clock at midnight, add the minimum break according to the break policy, and set the end time so that the working time matches the employee’s target working time on that weekday.
Note:
Even though this option to automatically stop the time clock exists, to ensure complete time tracking we recommend that employees also clock the end time and the break times.
Time tracking terminal
You can also (additionally) enable the [Time tracking terminal on a tablet(/time-tracking/time-clock-terminal/time-tracking-terminal-on-a-tablet/) to offer employees another convenient way to clock their working times.
Enter multiple working time entries
Employees can enter multiple working time entries in advance, for example at the beginning of the month for the entire month or at the beginning of the week for the rest of the week. Through the [Working time entry form(/time-tracking/enter-working-hours/enter-working-hours-entry-form/) you can create multiple working time entries at the same time. In it, you can also enter the working time entry for the first day and copy this entry to the other days in the week/month with a few clicks.
Alternative: Overtime feature
If you do not want to record daily working times, then the [Overtime feature(/overtime-management/activate/activate-overtime-management/) might be the better alternative for your company. With the overtime feature, employees do not need to enter the entire working time, only overtime and overtime reduction.