Time
Time clock & time account: hours recorded, the law in view
Clock in on a phone, tablet or PC. When you clock out, Gantway checks the Working Hours Act, the time account keeps the tally, and the monthly close with PDF time record is one button press.
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Gantway time clock and daily overview for time tracking
How you work with it
You clock in where the work happens — on a smartphone, tablet or PC, with no app to install. When you clock out, Gantway checks the German Working Hours Act: minimum breaks from six hours on, working days over ten hours, less than eleven hours of rest — anything unusual is flagged before it becomes a problem. The clock entries build the working time account with target, actual and overtime balance. Which hours belong to which order is recorded by the timer on the task: a separate system, so attendance and costing never get mixed up. Only authorized users may make corrections, always with a mandatory reason. And the monthly close, including a PDF time record, is a single button press — no Excel afternoon.
Time clock at the push of a button
Clock in, break, resume, end of day — four buttons on “My Work”. Multiple breaks per day and night shifts are supported. Clocking works in the browser on smartphone, tablet or PC, as long as there is a cellular or Wi-Fi connection. Included in every plan.
- Clock in, break, resume, end of day — four buttons
- In the browser on smartphone, tablet or PC, no app to install
- Included in every plan
Time clock at the push of a button
Also included
Working Hours Act check when clocking out
When you clock out, Gantway checks the day: 30 minutes of break from six hours, 45 minutes from nine, breaks under 15 minutes do not count. Working days over ten hours and rest periods under eleven hours are flagged. Gantway warns — nothing is deducted behind your back; the decision and the responsibility stay with you.
- 30 minutes of break from six hours, 45 from nine
- Days over ten hours and rest periods under eleven are flagged
- Gantway warns — you decide
Traceable corrections
Admins and planners may correct times — not the employee themselves. Every correction needs a reason of at least ten characters and is stored as a separate entry with the old and new value, who made it and when; the day then carries the note “corrected”. Entries that are entirely wrong can be voided, forgotten days added manually.
- Only admins and planners correct, never the employee themselves
- Every correction with a reason, old and new value
- Void and manual entry for special cases
The whole month at a glance
Employees in the rows, calendar days in the columns. The colors show the status: green from 95 percent of target, amber below, red for a Working Hours Act violation, blue vacation, purple sick. The whole month at a glance; one click opens the day.
- Employees in rows, days in columns
- Colors show target met, violation, vacation, sick
- One click opens the day
Working time account with overtime balance
The target comes from the weekly profile or the contract hours. Public holidays per federal state set it to zero, and vacation lowers it proportionally instead of creating negative hours. Every employee sees their own balance in the time clock. From the Pro plan.
- Target from the weekly profile or contract hours
- Public holidays per state and vacation are taken into account
- Everyone sees their own balance — from the Pro plan
Monthly close that stays locked
At month end you close — per employee or for everyone. Actual, target and balance are locked; after that, corrections in the month are blocked. Anything noticed later is booked as an adjustment in the next open month — the close stays as it was. From the Pro plan.
- Close per employee or for everyone
- Corrections in that month are then blocked
- Later changes as an adjustment in the next open month
PDF time record per month
One PDF per employee and month with company logo, a complete daily list (in, out, break, actual, target, difference, absence), weekends and holidays, plus monthly and account balance. Signature fields can be switched on. All records as a ZIP, and every employee downloads their own. From the Pro plan.
- Complete daily list with company logo and signature fields
- All records as a ZIP, everyone downloads their own
- From the Pro plan
CSV export for payroll
Pick a period, export. The file contains per day and employee the clock-in and clock-out time, breaks, net, target, difference, night work and the compliance status — semicolon-separated, so German Excel opens it correctly right away.
- Pick a period, export
- Clock-in and clock-out, breaks, target, difference, night work
- German Excel opens the file correctly right away
Three typical situations
- The working day in four clicks: At 7:00 in the morning, “Clock in” on the tablet. From 12:00 “Break”, then “Resume”. End of day at 16:30 — “End of day”, Gantway asks once to confirm. Done.
- Forgot to clock out: The planner spots the open day in the overview and corrects the clock-out time to 16:30 with the reason “Forgot to clock out”. The original entry stays traceable.
- Monthly close on the first working day: You open the monthly close, check the matrix, close out all employees and download the time records as a ZIP for payroll. 30 minutes instead of half a day.
Step by step in the help center
- Time clock or task timer — what's the difference?Two kinds of time for two purposes: the time clock counts attendance, the task timer counts order time. Counted separately, linked at the break.
- Using the time clockClock in, break, end of day — the time clock sits on "My Work". Plus the statutory break notices that Gantway checks when you clock out.
- Breaks and the Working Hours ActGantway does not deduct breaks automatically — it records them and checks the statutory rules. The five violation flags and what they mean.
- The PDF timesheetA signable monthly record per employee — with a complete daily list, balance summary, and optional signature fields.
Clock in without paper from tomorrow on
With your own orders, no credit card. Or bring a current order to a 30-minute call.