Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Spain: new requirement for companies to record daily working hours, to detect false part-time arrangements and unpaid overtime Spain: new requirement for companies to record daily working hours, to detect false part-time arrangements and unpaid overtime On 8 March, the Spanish government approved a decree-law containing “urgent measures” to combat work insecurity, which includes a requirement for companies to record the working hours or their employees and to keep a register for a period of four years. Through . Published on 11 March 2019 à 13h51 - Update on 19 July 2019 à 8h56 Resources Companies in the country will therefore be obliged to keep a daily record of the entry and exit times of their employees, building up a register that must be preserved for four years. The aim of the measure is to find out exactly how many hours employees are working, to allow practices such as fraudulent part-time work arrangements and non-payment of extra working hours to be more easily detected.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels