Legal requirement

Met by timesheet importer?

Explanation

Working Hours Act (ArbZG)

✅ Yes

Working hours including breaks are recorded and reviewed.

Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG)

✅ Yes

Working time records are stored and retrievable.

Posted Workers Act (AEntG)

✅ Yes

Minimum wage requirements and retention obligations are met.

ECJ ruling 2019

✅ Yes

Times are recorded in a tamper-proof system.

Date of work performed

✅ Yes

The date of the working time is included in every imported time record.

Employee name

✅ Yes

Every time entry is assigned to an employee.

Work location (object/order)

✅ Yes

If included in the import, the work location is carried over.

Start & end of work

✅ Yes

All times must be complete on import.

Total working time

✅ Yes

Net working time is calculated automatically.

Break times

✅ Yes

Break times can be imported or added.

Minimum wage & supplements

✅ Yes

Supplements are calculated automatically in Mendato after import.

Documentation of Sunday, public holiday & night supplements

✅ Yes

After import, supplements are calculated according to the framework collective agreement.

Retention obligation (2 years per MiLoG & AEntG)

✅ Yes

Imported times are stored in an audit-proof way.

Legal requirement

Met by full planning

Explanation

Working Hours Act (ArbZG)

✅ Yes

Working hours including breaks are recorded and reviewed automatically.

Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG)

✅ Yes

The obligation to document working time is met; all times are stored audit-proof.

Posted Workers Act (AEntG)

✅ Yes

Minimum wage requirements & collective agreement requirements are integrated into the time tracking.

ECJ ruling 2019

✅ Yes

An objective, tamper-proof time tracking system is in place.

Date of work performed

✅ Yes

Every time entry contains a clear date.

Employee name

✅ Yes

All time records are assigned to an employee.

Work location (object/order)

✅ Yes

Work locations are linked to operations & orders.

Start & end of work

✅ Yes

Times are documented directly at operation start & end.

Total working time

✅ Yes

Net working time is calculated automatically.

Break times

✅ Yes

Break rules per ArbZG & collective agreement are checked automatically.

Activity description

✅ Yes

Tasks & activities can be documented.

Minimum wage & supplements

✅ Yes

Supplements are calculated automatically per the framework collective agreement.

Documentation of Sunday, public holiday & night supplements

✅ Yes

Supplements are documented audit-proof and linked to operations.

Retention obligation (2 years per MiLoG & AEntG)

✅ Yes

Data is stored audit-proof and retrievable.

Question

Time tracking without planning

Time tracking with full planning

Do you want to start time tracking immediately, without planning operations first?

✅ Yes — times can be added directly via Excel import or manual entry

❌ No — operations & planned times must be created first

Do you already have external time tracking (e.g. Excel, paper timesheets) that you want to import?

✅ Yes — perfect for the timesheet importer

❌ No — recording happens directly in Mendato

Should employees record their working hours themselves via the Mendato Operations App?

❌ No — recording happens via timesheet import

✅ Yes — employees see operations & can record times live

Are your operations regular, with fixed times & fixed activities?

❌ No — irregular and flexible — the planning effort is too high for us

✅ Yes — perfect for companies with fixed structures and fixed times, payroll based on planned time

Should time tracking be linked with accounting & billing?

❌ No — only pure time tracking is needed

✅ Yes — ideal for companies that also want to calculate invoices & payroll

Do you want to use the planned times to create actual times automatically?

❌ No — planned times are not used or are handled elsewhere

✅ Yes — planned times can be adopted as actual times directly

Do you want more efficient & automated time tracking in the long run?

❌ No — a manual or import solution is enough

✅ Yes — schedule, operations & time tracking are perfectly linked

Benefit

Timesheet importer

Full order planning

Automatic recording & link to operations

❌ Manual

✅ Automatic

Planned times as basis for actual times

❌ Not available

✅ Can be transferred automatically

Live recording by employees via app

❌ Not possible

✅ Directly in Mendato Operations

GPS location capture

❌ Not included

✅ Automatic at operation start & end

Verification of maximum working hours & breaks

❌ Manual

✅ Checked automatically

Link to payroll & invoices

❌ Possible afterwards

✅ Direct integration

Error reduction & control

❌ Error-prone, manual review

✅ Fewer corrections needed

Ready for audits immediately

⚠️ Data must be assigned manually

✅ Fully documented & audit-proof

Automatic supplement calculation

❌ Manual

✅ Automatic

Detailed service documentation

❌ Not integrated

✅ Traceable with orders & operations