New times are coming for Danish companies
Time tracking will soon become a part of everyday life. This is based on the EU judgement on recording working time that was handed down in May 2019, and although it has not yet been ratified in Denmark, employers may want to start exploring the possibilities of a time tracking system. This is because it is largely the responsibility of companies to ensure they comply with the new EU judgement.
The EU ruling requires member states to ensure that employers have a system for recording all employees” daily working hours, as this is necessary to monitor and ensure compliance with the EU Labour Directive. According to the EU judgement, companies must put in place ”reliable, objective and accessible systems" that make it easy to keep track of each employee's working hours. The reason for this EU ruling can be found in the EU Labour Directive (Directive 2003/88/EC), which sets the framework for how long working days and how much holiday a worker in Europe should have.
It is up to each country to implement this new framework in national legislation, which means we are now waiting for the Danish government and labour market partners to find a solution on how this can be implemented with the current Working Environment Act and collective agreements. Regardless of how the EU judgement is implemented in Denmark, it will certainly have an impact on all Danish companies.
How can a time tracking system from IFS add value to your business?
A time tracking system gives your employees a new level of security, but it also benefits you as a manager by giving you more control over your employees' working hours. Covid-19 has helped create a greater need for this control due to large amounts of homeworking, which shows why time tracking can already be relevant for you.
The Danish work culture is heavily influenced by flexibility and freedom under own responsibility, and therefore it can be difficult for many Danish companies to calculate and register the actual working hours of their employees. This challenge places high demands on a potential system that needs to embrace this flexibility.
IFS offers a user-friendly and efficient time tracking system that provides a comprehensive overview of all employees' working hours, holidays, sick days and maternity leave. IFS makes it possible for you and your employees to register hours on projects, production orders or service orders while the time is also mirrored and thus registered as present. The system also calculates holidays, overtime and flexitime, so that both your employees and management can see the current status at all times. This creates great transparency for all parties for the benefit of resource planning, while also ensuring compliance with the rules set out in collective agreements on pay, holidays and flex.
With IFS, your employees have the opportunity to make clock-in and clock-out registrations, request holidays and register other absences. This can be done from a computer, tablet or mobile phone, ensuring that your employees always have time tracking at their fingertips. All changes must be approved by a manager, so you'll still maintain control without having to do all the administrative work involved. In addition, IFS also integrates easily with different payroll systems, making it easy to ensure correct payroll every time.
IFS can ensure that your company complies with the EU Working Time Directive and therefore not only creates efficiency in the short term, but is also an opportunity for you as a company to get geared up for the new EU judgement and thus get ahead of the legislation.
If you want to hear more about the possibilities with IFS Time Tracking, please contact Signe Henneberg from Curit ApS at SIHE@curit.dk or call Curit's main number at 70200471