The CJEU ruled in this way a few days after May 12, 2019, the date on which it is now completely mandatory to carry out this registration of working hours, therefore it is fully aligned with this legislative reform led by the current socialist government, and defends that “States must impose on employers the obligation to implement an objective, reliable and accessible system to calculate the daily working hours carried out by each worker.”
Before the introduction of this new labor regulation, inspectors complained about the difficulty of being able to prove excesses, such as overtime not recorded or paid, but with working time management systems such as Timenet, all the hours worked by each person in a company can be controlled and even geolocated, all the hours worked by each person in a company, all you need is a device with an internet connection.
The European Court of Justice stresses that a system for recording working hours can offer workers a reliable and effective way of having data on the actual duration of work performed, and therefore facilitate both the staff of a company who can prove the violation of their rights, as well as the competent authorities.
It should be borne in mind that to date, 54% of overtime worked by workers in the Spanish State is not recorded, and the new regulations that came into force on May 12, and which have been ratified by the European Court of Justice, precisely aim to solve this problem and move towards a more Europeanized labor market, in which all hours of work are recorded and paid.