Digital time clock for businesses with on-site work

Time tracking for cafés and restaurants

Hospitality has especially strict record-keeping duties, and customs checks them. With Zeittel your team clocks in on a tablet behind the counter – you always see who's there and how many hours add up.

5 employees included for €10 a month (plus VAT)

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  • Quick to set up, no special hardware
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Zeittel time clock on a tablet with employee selection

Record-keeping duty under the Minimum Wage Act

Hospitality is one of the industries with special duties: start, end and duration of working hours must be recorded promptly.

Shifts and split shifts

Lunch and evening shift with breaks in between: every punch is recorded, breaks are clocked or entered as a total.

Lots of temps

New temp? Added in a minute, PIN assigned, done. Whoever leaves gets deactivated – the data is kept.

Do I have to record my employees' working hours?

Yes, employers in Germany must record working time. For mini-jobs and some sectors there are especially strict rules.

Duty for all employers

In 2022 the Federal Labour Court ruled (1 ABR 22/21): employers must introduce a system that records the start and end of daily working time.

Mini-jobs and certain sectors

For mini-jobbers and sectors such as hospitality, construction, cleaning or hairdressing and cosmetics, the Minimum Wage Act requires: record start, end and duration of working time within seven calendar days and keep the records for at least two years.

Customs carries out checks

The customs unit for undeclared work checks these records. If they are missing, wrong or late, fines of up to 50,000 euros are possible (section 21 MiLoG).

With Zeittel these records are created automatically as soon as your employees clock in – traceable and exportable at any time.

General information, not legal advice. Sources: BAG 1 ABR 22/21, sections 17 and 21 MiLoG, section 2a SchwarzArbG. As of October 2026.

Everything a small business needs for time tracking

A time clock for the business and a clear admin area for you – without HR overhead.

Time clock with PIN

Clock in, clock out and breaks on a tablet or PC at work. Every employee clocks in with their own PIN.

Breaks recorded properly

Breaks are clocked or entered as a total after clocking out – so the working hours add up.

Vacation and sick leave

Enter vacation, sick leave and time off in lieu and keep an eye on vacation entitlement.

Overtime account

Target and actual per employee: you instantly see who has plus or minus hours.

Traceable corrections

Forgot to clock out? Correct times with a reason – every change is logged.

Export for payroll office and tax advisor

Monthly and yearly overviews as PDF or CSV, also in a DATEV-style format.

Multiple locations

Branch, practice location or warehouse: add work locations and assign time clocks.

Business calendar

Public holidays of your federal state and company holidays are taken into account for target hours.

Time clock with employee selection
The time clock at work
Overview of recorded working hours
Your overview

Pricing

One package, everything for time tracking included.

Zeittel Basic

Early-bird price

5 employees included. €10 a month.

Lock it in by 31 Dec 2026. Benefit permanently.

Each additional employee €2 a month. All prices net, plus VAT.

Included

  • Time clock as an app or in the browser
  • Vacation, sick leave and time off in lieu
  • Overtime account
  • Export as PDF and CSV, DATEV-style
  • Multiple work locations

What does it cost for your business?

5 employees10 € a month
8 employees16 € a month
10 employees20 € a month
20 employees40 € a month

All prices net, plus VAT.

Try free for 2 months

No payment details. Afterwards from 10 € a month, cancel monthly.

What happens after you sign up

  1. 1Confirm your email
  2. 2Add your business and employees
  3. 3Load the ZEITTEL app onto the tablet or open the web time clock in the browser

Coming soon as add-on modules: shift planning and automatic GPS tracking.

  • Early-bird price: 5 employees permanently included if you submit your sign-up by 31 Dec 2026 and finish it within 7 days. Applies as long as the contract runs without interruption. Regular: €10 base fee + €2 per employee.
  • We count active employee accounts on the first of the month. Deactivated employees don't count, their data is kept.
  • The 2 free months start when you finish signing up. After that, Zeittel continues automatically as a paid plan; you can cancel monthly.
  • For businesses only. Our terms apply.

What you can rely on

Data in Germany

Stored on servers in Germany. GDPR-compliant, data processing agreement included.

Traceable corrections

Every change to time entries is logged with a reason and stays traceable later.

Your data belongs to you

Export at any time, cancel monthly. No minimum term after the trial.

Clear scope

Zeittel is time tracking for your business. No payroll software, no all-in-one HR system.

In use in practices and retail.

FAQ

Zeittel provides the records of start, end and duration of working hours per employee, exportable as PDF or CSV at any time. Whether all duties of your business are met depends on the individual case.
Open punches stand out in the overview. You correct them with a reason, and the change is logged.
No. Clocking in happens at the time clock at work.
Yes. In 2022 the Federal Labour Court ruled (1 ABR 22/21) that employers need a system that records the start and end of daily working time. For mini-jobbers and sectors such as hospitality, construction or hairdressing, section 17 of the Minimum Wage Act adds fixed rules: record start, end and duration within seven days and keep the records for two years. General information, not legal advice.
With the early-bird price €10 a month for up to 5 employees, each additional one €2 (all prices plus VAT). The first 2 months are free, no payment details.
You try all features free for 2 months, no payment details. After that, Zeittel continues automatically as a paid plan unless you cancel. You'll get the exact date with the contract confirmation by email.
Yes. You can cancel monthly, with one click on the billing page or by email. You can export your times as PDF or CSV at any time.
No. A tablet or smartphone you already own, with the ZEITTEL app, is the shared time clock. If the device has no access to the App Store or Google Play – a PC or a very old tablet, say – you use the web time clock in the browser; current browsers are Chrome, Edge and Firefox from version 111 and Safari from iOS/iPadOS 16.4. There is nothing to buy.

Made for businesses with on-site work

Zeittel is built for businesses where the team works on site – often in shifts, often with temps.

Bakery

Early shift from 4 a.m., lots of temps and mini-jobbers: clock in at the counter instead of paper slips in a folder.

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Hair salon

Part-time, appointments, changing days: simple time tracking for the salon, without anyone maintaining Excel.

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Medical and dental practice

Part-time, substitutes and consultation hours: practice working hours recorded properly, data stored in Germany.

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Retail

Opening hours, Saturday temps, several branches: record working hours in retail simply with a time clock.

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Start time tracking today

Set up in a few minutes. 2 months free, no payment details.

Try free for 2 months

No payment details. Afterwards from 10 € a month, cancel monthly.

What happens after you sign up

  1. 1Confirm your email
  2. 2Add your business and employees
  3. 3Load the ZEITTEL app onto the tablet or open the web time clock in the browser
Try free for 2 months