ArbZG-aware rules
Max daily hours, weekly 48 h average, automatic break calculation (§4), 11 h rest period, night / Sunday / public-holiday detection.
ArbZG & GDPR · Time tracking
ArbeitszeitCheck
Working-time recording designed around German labour law and the GDPR. Clock in/out, breaks, rest periods, vacation, compliance reports — everything stays inside your Nextcloud.
What it does
ArbeitszeitCheck turns time tracking into a compliance tool. Every clock-in is validated by the server against the rules you configure, every change is logged, every month can be sealed with a verifiable snapshot.
Compliance monitoring
Automatic violation detection, manager warnings, and reports — so you can show an auditor what happened and why.
Absence & vacation
Vacation, sickness, special leave with approval workflow. Carry-over with FIFO consumption and configurable expiry (e.g. 31 March).
Vacation entitlement engine
Per-employee mode (manual, model-based, or tariff/rule-based), versioned policies, and traceable calculation snapshots.
Dashboards by role
Self-service for employees, team views, manager overviews. Approvals, compliance status, and personal balance at a glance.
Audit-grade closure
Optional revision-safe monthly close: snapshot, hash, PDF proof. Finalised months stay locked until an admin re-opens with justification.
Exports for payroll
Daily / weekly / monthly reports, overtime reports, absence reports, plus a DATEV export for downstream payroll.
HR mail matrix
Configurable admin recipients per absence type and event, with validation, deduplication, and templates for carry-over and substitution events.
GDPR support
Exports, deletion concepts that respect statutory retention, DPIA & records-of-processing templates included.
Legal notice. ArbeitszeitCheck helps you implement technical controls for ArbZG and the GDPR (working-time limits, breaks, rest periods, record-keeping). It is not a substitute for legal advice. Employers remain responsible for the design of working-time models, configured limits and retention periods, and the interpretation of recorded data. Review your setup with legal counsel when in doubt.
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Install & requirements
ArbeitszeitCheck is published in the official Nextcloud App Store and on GitHub.
From the App Store
- Sign in to Nextcloud as administrator.
- Open Apps → Organisation or Productivity.
- Search for ArbeitszeitCheck.
- Download and enable.
Manually from Git
git clone https://github.com/aSoftwareByDesignRepository/\
nextcloud-arbeitszeitcheck.git \
/path/to/nextcloud/apps/arbeitszeitcheck
cd /path/to/nextcloud
php occ app:enable arbeitszeitcheckRequirements
- PHP 8.1 – 8.4
- MySQL / MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or SQLite (small deployments)
- Optional: ProjectCheck (2.0+) for project-time integration
Support this app
These apps are maintained in public. If ArbeitszeitCheck helps your organisation, you can fund ongoing work through GitHub Sponsors. Want a feature shipped sooner or tailored to your setup? Contact us — we are happy to discuss sponsored feature development.