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A time card answers a practical payroll question: how many working hours should be counted after unpaid rest breaks are removed. In Germany, adult employees need predefined rest breaks totaling at least 30 minutes when daily working time is more than 6 hours and up to 9 hours, and at least 45 minutes when daily working time is more than 9 hours.
The calculation also flags records that need review before payroll. Adult employees may not be employed for more than 6 consecutive hours without a rest break. Daily working time may not exceed 8 hours, but it may extend to 10 hours if the average does not exceed 8 hours per working day over 6 calendar months or 24 weeks.
Use 24-hour time and German-style dates when the records are kept locally, such as 08:00 to 16:30 on 05.03.26. German locale formats commonly use 24-hour clock patterns and short numeric dates in day-month-year order with dots, which reduces AM/PM entry mistakes in payroll review.
Break entries need segment-level care. German rest breaks may be split, but each break segment must be at least 15 minutes to count toward the statutory break total. A 10-minute pause and a 20-minute pause do not make a valid 30-minute statutory break total, because the 10-minute segment does not count.
Start with elapsed shift time, subtract rest breaks excluded from working time, then sum the daily net hours. For Working Time Act purposes, working time runs from the beginning to the end of work excluding rest breaks, except that underground mining rest breaks count as working time.
For example, an employee paid €24 per hour records net working totals of 8, 9, 8, 10, and 7 hours after valid breaks are deducted. The weekly total is 42 hours. Pay for those hours is 42 × €24, which equals €1,008.00 before any separate premium, allowance, tax, or contract rule is applied.
A one-off calculation is enough when you need to check one week, correct one missing break, or translate 24-hour entries into decimal totals. It is also enough for a freelancer invoice when the contract pays only by accepted working hours and no approval trail is required.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when managers approve time, payroll needs locked records, or finance reviews hours by project, person, and period. Everhour Reporting supports that handoff with customizable reports, grouping, metadata filters, exports, scheduled email delivery, and overtime visibility through Team Hours and custom reports.
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Count net working time from the start of work to the end of work after excluding statutory rest breaks. German Working Time Act rules exclude rest breaks from working time, except that underground mining rest breaks count as working time. Keep break entries separate from working entries so payroll can review both the paid total and the break compliance record.
Adult employees in Germany need at least 30 minutes of predefined rest breaks when daily working time is more than 6 hours and up to 9 hours. They need at least 45 minutes when daily working time is more than 9 hours. Each counted break segment must be at least 15 minutes.
A German adult time card can show 10 working hours for a day only within the Working Time Act averaging rule. Daily working time may extend above 8 hours up to 10 hours if the average does not exceed 8 hours per working day over 6 calendar months or 24 weeks.
A short pause counts only if the break segment is at least 15 minutes. German rest breaks may be split, but each segment must meet that 15-minute minimum to count toward the statutory break total. Record small pauses separately if the employer tracks them, but do not treat a 5-minute or 10-minute pause as a statutory break segment.
German time cards should use 24-hour time for local clarity, such as 07:30 to 15:30. German locale formats commonly use 24-hour clock patterns and day-month-year dates with dots, such as 05.03.26. This format reduces ambiguity when shifts cross noon or payroll compares records across systems.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time into customizable reports with 45+ columns, grouping, metadata filters, and date ranges. Managers can export CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF reports and review Team Hours or custom reports before payroll uses the approved totals.
Everhour timecards record daily, weekly, and monthly work-hour totals, including clock-in, clock-out, breaks, and auto clock-out behavior. Weekly timecards can be submitted and approved, then downloaded as PDF, CSV, or XLSX files for payroll review.
Use Everhour Reporting to group approved time by person, project, and period, then export review-ready records that support cleaner payroll handoffs and billing decisions.
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