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Time tracking guidelines by country

How do I know if my employees need to track their working hours?

Updated this week

Depending on your employee’s country of work, tracking their working hours may be mandatory or recommended, and it’s important for your company policy to align with local requirements.

Here’s a breakdown of what applies in each location:

Mandatory Time Tracking:

Australia

Denmark

Hungary

Luxembourg

Portugal

Austria

Dominican Republic

India

Mexico

Romania

Bolivia

Ecuador

Ireland

Montenegro

Serbia

Bulgaria

Estonia

Isle of Man

Netherlands

South Africa

Cameroon

Finland

Israel

New Zealand

Spain

Canada

France

Italy

Nicaragua

Switzerland

Colombia

Georgia

Japan

North Macedonia

Taiwan

Costa Rica

Germany

Jordan

Norway

Thailand

Cyprus

Greece

Kenya

Peru

Turkey

Czech Republic

Hong Kong

Lithuania

Poland

United Kingdom

Recommended Time Tracking:

  • Egypt

  • Indonesia

  • Ivory Coast

  • Lebanon

  • Malaysia

  • Morocco

  • Philippines

  • Puerto Rico

  • Singapore

  • Sweden

  • Vietnam

If your employees are in a mandatory country, please make sure they consistently track and submit their hours in Plane as part of their legal employment obligations.

For all other locations, while it’s not a legal requirement, we highly encourage regular time tracking to help with planning, reporting, and supporting your local teams.

To log their hours, employees should use the Time tracking tool in their employee profile.

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