Which working-time rules does Regsta check?

The four settings

• EU and EEA statutory rules, from the EU Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC: at least 11 hours' rest between shifts, 35 hours of weekly rest (24 hours plus the 11-hour daily rest) in every 7 days, and an average week of at most 48 hours over 17 weeks.
• UK statutory rules, from the UK Working Time Regulations 1998: at least 11 hours' rest between shifts, 24 hours of weekly rest in every 7 days, and an average week of at most 48 hours over 17 weeks.
• Your company's own limits: the daily rest and weekly hours you enter, labelled as company limits. No law is cited, and there is no weekly-rest check.
• Off: no working-time limits are checked. Missing clock-outs, overlapping entries and correction reasons are still flagged.

Where the rules are checked

• While you plan: Auto-schedule, Preview changes and Find cover check the week on screen.
• On recorded hours: findings show on shifts awaiting approval, and a shift with a finding is approved on its own.
• In the Inspection folder: the compliance status of the period.

Changing the setting

1. Open Work-time rules in the menu (under Company). Only Admins can change the setting.
2. Under Working-time checks, choose The law, Your company's own limits or Off.
3. Choose Save settings. The change is recorded in the audit trail.

Checking less than the law sets needs a confirmation that the company has a documented basis, such as a collective agreement or a written opt-out. That covers a longer reference period, a higher weekly limit, a shorter daily rest and leaving the statutory rules. The confirmation is recorded in the audit trail; Regsta does not check the basis.

A new company in an EU or EEA country or the UK starts with its statutory rules. A company in any other country starts with the checks off, because Regsta models no working-time law there.

Working-time rules by country