Working Time Models

Define and manage working time models under Settings > Attendance & Absence > Attendance > Working Time Models. Working time models define target working hours, break regulations, and time tracking policies for your employees. One model can be set as the default for new employees.

Work and Break Time

For each weekday you define the target working time — either by entering hours directly or by specifying start and end times (the hours are then calculated automatically). You also set the break duration per day. The weekly hours are automatically summed and displayed.

For external employees or freelancers without fixed working time requirements, you can activate the zero working time model. In this model, no target hours are defined and it serves exclusively for organizational assignment of absences. Overtime can still be recorded via bookings.

The full-time reference in days (4, 5, 6, or 7 days) is used as the basis for part-time absence calculations.

Time Tracking Policies

You can set a maximum working time per day and choose whether to warn employees when exceeded or block time tracking above the limit. For time tracking restrictions, you can limit new entries for past days to a certain number of days retroactively, disable editing after approval, lock the previous month on a specific day, and disable time entries for future days entirely.

Break Policies

Define a minimum break duration and add break rules that specify the required break time after a certain number of working hours (e.g., 30 minutes after 6 hours, 45 minutes after 9 hours). You can choose whether break violations result in a notification to the employee or block the time entry entirely.

Working time models are assigned to employees in their profile with a validity date. Changes to a model immediately affect time tracking for all assigned employees.