The Federal Labour Court (BAG) strongly reiterates the need for recording of working time
A recent wake-up call from Germany's highest labour court, but merely "old wine in new bottles": Already in 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that employers must provide an objective, reliable and accessible time recording system (ECJ, judgment of 14 May 2019 – C-55/18). Since this decision, the German legislator has also been called upon to adapt the German Working Time Act to EU law in accordance with the ECJ's requirements. The Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht – BAG) has now ruled that employers are already obliged to introduce a system to record the working time worked by employees (Federal Labour Court, decision of 13 September 2022 – 1 ABR 22/21).