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Clear answers to the questions employers actually run into - from the time-tracking obligation to the time account. No legal jargon, just practical examples.

Digitalisation funding 2026: all programmes by federal state

Which grants, consulting programmes and loans are available for staff scheduling, time tracking and HR software - nationwide and in all 16 federal states, with deadlines, funding rates and the rules for software subscriptions.

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Workforce Management Software: features, selection and costs

What a workforce management system has to deliver, how it differs from rota software and time tracking, what it costs and how a business with 10 to 300 employees chooses the right software - with checklist and glossary.

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Time tracking in the medical practice: obligation, data protection, everyday practice

Why the obligation also applies to small practices, what data protection requires for staff, how part-time models and cover arrangements are mapped properly - and why Excel falls short.

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Staff rota in the hotel: departments, season, rest periods

Reception, housekeeping, breakfast, banqueting: how to build a rota that keeps staffing, occupancy and labour law in view at the same time - and which mistakes cost the most.

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Staff rota for the pharmacy: emergency service, staffing, working time

Emergency service past midnight with four surcharge levels, qualifications at the dispensing counter, many part-time models: how the pharmacy rota calculates without anyone having to double-check.

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Time tracking in hospitality: obligations, breaks, practice

What restaurants, cafés and bars have had to record since the Minimum Wage Act, which breaks and rest periods apply, how surcharges are handled properly - and how it all works in everyday kitchen life without paper slips.

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Time management: more than a time clock

Record, evaluate, settle, analyse: the five building blocks of sound time management - and how to tell whether your own solution is more than a time clock.

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Workforce management: the right people at the right time

Why businesses that plan qualification, time and place together have less admin and more time for what matters - and how to start.

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Involving staff in rostering

Self-scheduling, a draft at the push of a button, checked shift swaps: three building blocks for flexible working-time models, content teams and minimal planning effort.

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Short-time work: determining hours lost

Every application for short-time allowance stands or falls on one figure per person: target minus actual. Where it comes from and what evidence the employment agency wants to see.

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Meal allowance

14 and 28 euros, the 8-hour threshold, the three-month rule and meal deductions - and why most of it can be derived from your time tracking.

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Rosters & works council

The scheduling of working hours is subject to enforceable co-determination. What § 87 BetrVG demands, what falls outside it and what a clean process looks like.

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Integration management: when it becomes mandatory

More than six weeks unfit for work within twelve months, in one stretch or added up - from then on the employer must offer integration management. And be able to prove it.

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Expiring leave: when remaining days really lapse

Since the European and Federal Labour Court rulings: without a timely, individual and provable notice nothing expires at all - the claim adds up over the years and gets expensive on departure.

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Multiple schedules in one business

Ambulance station and school, bakery and pub, unit and outpatient clinic: separate schedules with their own shifts and workplaces, people on one or several - one vacation account, one time tracking.

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Project time tracking

Choose the project when clocking in instead of estimating in the evening - cost centers, switches during the day, hours per project and person for post-costing and invoicing.

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Shift Offer & Shift Marketplace

Sick call at 6 a.m.: offer the shift instead of running a phone chain - rule check, push to everyone suitable, temp staffing and staffing agencies via interface.

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Annual vacation planning in a team

Request window, annual overview with counters per day, vacation meeting and approval with one click - plus the rules from § 7 BUrlG.

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Nursing staffing minimums (PpUGV)

Affected units, how it's calculated, consequences of falling short - and what PPP-RL has to do with it.

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The end of Excel time sheets

Where Excel and paper hit their limits - with a free time sheet template to bridge the gap.

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Recording overtime correctly

Flextime, time accounts, payout or time off in lieu - and the most common mistakes in practice.

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Time Tracking & GDPR

Legal basis, retention, data processing agreement (AVV): how time tracking stays compliant with data protection law.

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Time tracking obligation 2026

BAG ruling, §2a SchwarzArbG, fines: what employers really need to do now - and what they don't.

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Included for free: the Time sheet template and the vacation planner 2027 as Excel and PDF. New articles are published regularly.

Industry-specific articles

Workforce management in your industry

What workforce scheduling, time tracking and HR administration have to deliver in your industry - and why Presio is built for it.

Workforce management in hospitality

Restaurants, cafés, bars and chain restaurants plan with many part-time workers, temps and mini-jobbers, seven days a week, late into the night.

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Workforce management in the hotel industry

A hotel is several businesses under one roof: reception around the clock, housekeeping based on occupancy, breakfast, restaurant, banquet, technical services.

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Workforce Management in medical practices and MVZs

Consultation hours, part-time models, cover arrangements, data protection: medical practices and medical care centres organise staff with little time and high demands.

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Workforce management in the pharmacy

Emergency service past midnight, dispensing counter only with licensed staff, many part-time models, branch networks: the pharmacy has its own rules for workforce scheduling and working time.

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Workforce management in hospitals and nursing homes

Three shifts, minimum nursing staff levels, skilled worker quota, works council or MAV, 24/7 absence management: hospitals and care homes place the highest demands on workforce management.

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Workforce management in care and emergency services

Routes instead of wards, call-outs instead of shifts, vehicles instead of rooms: home care services and ambulance stations plan staff on the move.

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Workforce management in construction and the trades

Crews on changing construction sites, hours per project for invoicing, meal allowances, sign-off by the client: trade and construction businesses need workforce management that works outdoors.

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Workforce Management in Services

Building cleaning, security services, facility management, call centres, gyms, hairdressers: service providers plan staff at sites and locations, often with many part-time workers and changing sites.

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Workforce Management in Retail

Opening hours as demand, checkout staffing, temps on Saturdays, branches with their own management: retail plans staff according to customer footfall.

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Workforce Management in daycare centers and social institutions

Staff-to-child ratios, opening hours from 7 am to 5 pm, preparation time, waves of illness, providers with several facilities: daycare centres and social institutions plan staff under tight requirements.

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Workforce management in events and catering

Every event is its own assignment with its own location, its own time and its own team, often drawn from a large pool of temps and short-term workers.

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Workforce management in workshops and car dealerships

Productive hours per order, workshop and sales with different working hours, Saturday shifts, trainees: Automotive businesses need Workforce Management that brings together workshop utilisation and staff.

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Workforce management in municipalities and public enterprises

Building yard, pools, daycare centres, public order office, municipal utilities: municipalities and municipal enterprises plan staff in very different areas under TVöD, staff representation law and public procurement law.

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Workforce management in production and logistics

Three shifts, continuous shift operation, temporary agency work, forklift licence, warehouse and line: production and logistics plan staff according to order volume and equipment.

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Workforce Management in Office and Administration

Flexitime, trust-based working hours, home office, project hours for the client: even without shifts, the office needs workforce management, at the latest since mandatory time recording.

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