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  <subtitle>The rules on recording working time in Austria and Germany, in plain English. Every statement cites the provision it rests on, so you can check it.</subtitle>
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    <title>Working-time records in Austria: what § 26 AZG requires</title>
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    <summary>What § 26 AZG requires: the contents of the record, three simplified forms, retention, and the right to a monthly copy.</summary>
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    <title>Working-time records in Germany: what applies now and what is coming</title>
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    <updated>2026-07-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary>The duty has applied since the 2022 Federal Labour Court decision. What follows from it, and what the June 2026 draft bill would change.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>What belongs in a working-time record — and what does not</title>
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    <updated>2026-07-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary>What an audit-proof record must contain, what does not belong in it, and six mistakes that keep being found in inspections.</summary>
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    <title>Working-time records: how long to keep them, who may see them</title>
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    <updated>2026-07-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary>Two years, one year or seven? Which period applies, and who may demand access: employees, works council, authorities, auditors.</summary>
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    <title>Data protection and time tracking: what an employer may do</title>
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    <updated>2026-07-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary>Why consent is the wrong route, where the line to conduct monitoring runs, and what belongs in a works agreement.</summary>
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    <title>Overtime and all-in contracts: why the record decides it</title>
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    <updated>2026-07-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary>All-in does not remove the duty to keep records. How the coverage test works and which supplements apply in Austria.</summary>
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