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You know who is on your construction site. But can you also prove when they worked?
Two new requirements that are often confused with one another, clearly explained and without legal jargon.
1. Check-in and check-out at the construction site. Starting April 1, 2027, simply registering upon arrival will no longer be sufficient. At construction sites with a value of €500,000 or more (excluding VAT), everyone must register their own arrival and departure in real time. A site manager will no longer be allowed to register the crew in advance. This is stipulated in the Program Act of May 30, 2026.
2. Work Time Tracking for All Employers. In addition, starting January 1, 2027, the federal government intends to require every employer to track actual work time using a system that is objective, reliable, and accessible. This requirement stems from European case law. The legislation is still being drafted, so details are subject to change.
The distinction is important. Check-in and check-out times show who was on the job site and when. Time tracking shows how much someone actually worked: breaks, travel time, and work performed off-site make all the difference. A construction worker on a large job site falls under both categories.
What matters during an audit? Not what you know, but what you can prove.
Check-in and check-out: everyone working on a construction site with a project value of €500,000 or more, including subcontractors, self-employed individuals, and temporary workers. Work time tracking: in principle, all employers, regardless of size. However, exceptions are expected, for example, for managers and those who set their own hours.
At the construction site: arrival and departure times, as they occur. For working hours: the actual daily and weekly working hours, with traceable adjustments. According to the proposal, you may use a work schedule as a starting point and simply record any deviations.
A site supervisor who registers the crew in advance. And regarding working hours: a schedule with only planned hours, timesheets filled out retroactively, or Excel spreadsheets with no history. It’s difficult to use these to prove what work was actually done.
The law does not prescribe a specific tool. You can choose for yourself, but the system you select must be able to demonstrate reliability, objectivity, and accessibility.
Implementing a time-tracking system takes time—not only in terms of the technical aspects and hardware, but also in terms of gaining buy-in from your teams. Companies that start now can implement the system gradually and in phases. Those who wait until 2027 risk a rushed rollout that leads to errors and resistance.
Checkinatwork, check-in and check-out, mobility (PC 124), time tracking and labor inspections — clearly laid out, without legal jargon. Find out what’s changing and what you need to be aware of right now.
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On paper, everything looks fine. But in practice, there are always loopholes—and those loopholes are exactly what the labor inspectorate is looking for.
Looks good on paper:
But at the same time:
And that’s exactly where things often go wrong. Time tracking doesn’t fail on paper. It fails on the job site.
Your teams work on the go, across multiple locations, with variable hours—if your tracking system isn’t designed for that, it simply won’t work.
Your employees work at various locations. Time tracking based on fixed terminals or paper attendance sheets doesn't work for mobile construction crews.
Early starts, overtime, bad weather, travel time—construction hours are rarely predictable. Your check-in/check-out system needs to be able to handle these dynamics.
In the construction industry, time records also serve as the basis for mobility allowances, overtime pay, and tax incentives. Without accurate records, your company risks facing tax reassessments.
A performance sheet that is filled out after the fact or an unsecured Excel file does not provide verifiable traceability. The law explicitly prohibits this.
Employees often perceive time tracking as a form of surveillance. A check-in/check-out system that works intuitively on the job site leads to greater acceptance and less resistance.
When the inspector comes by, they expect immediate and clear access to time records. Anyone who starts searching for them only then is at a disadvantage.
LIVE.connect is AllConnects’ team management and time tracking platform, specifically designed for companies with mobile teams. Your employees track their hours directly on-site—accurately, traceably, and ready for labor inspections.
Simple for your employees, reliable for your HR team, and airtight for the inspection.
An employee opens the LIVE.connect app and clocks in with a single tap. The location, time, and worksite are automatically recorded.
When leaving the yard, the employee clocks out. Any tasks completed and any deviations are reported immediately.
The site manager verifies the hours entered via the platform. Any corrections are traceable—who made them, when, and why.
Validated time data is automatically sent to your HR or payroll software. Ready for payroll processing and labor inspections.
Time tracking via the app cannot be tampered with. Every entry is linked to a user, a time, and a location.
Complete history of all entries, validations, and corrections. Unauthorized changes are impossible.
All data can be accessed and exported immediately—including by the labor inspectorate during an inspection.
No, for two reasons. Starting April 1, 2027, for construction sites valued at €500,000 or more, you must register not only arrivals but also departures in real time and by the person themselves. Advance registration will no longer be permitted.
Furthermore, Checkinatwork tracks who is present on the job site, not how many hours were actually worked. For those actual working hours, the government is planning a separate reporting requirement for all employers. LIVE.connect combines both into a single workflow.
Checkinatwork (CIAW) is the current Belgian system for attendance tracking at construction sites. It records who is present at each site and has been mandatory in the construction industry for years.
"Check-in and check-out" is the new requirement that takes effect on April 1, 2027: you must record not only your arrival (check-in) but also your departure (check-out) at the time they occur. Please note: even then, you’ll only be recording presence on the job site, not actual working hours. Breaks, travel, and work outside the job site are covered by the separate work time tracking system.
As the sole record-keeping system, that’s risky. The system must be objective, reliable, and accessible: you must be able to show who entered or modified which data, and when. With an Excel file—even one with a password or version control—that’s difficult to achieve.
Excel may be used as an export or reporting tool alongside a compliant system, but never as the primary means of recording data.
Yes. The check-in and check-out requirements apply to everyone working on a construction site with a project value of €500,000 or more, regardless of the size of their company. Even small subcontractors and self-employed workers on such a site must check in and out.
The working time tracking requirement would apply to all employers, regardless of their size. According to the draft, there will be exceptions for certain positions, such as managers and employees who set their own hours. Sector-specific agreements may also come into play.
LIVE.connect is specifically designed for mobile teams. Employees can check in from any location using the app. The worksite, the time, and the employee are recorded for each check-in—even if someone visits multiple worksites in a single day.
The site manager or HR manager has an overview by employee, by location, and by time period at all times.
As soon as possible, preferably by the end of 2026. Proper implementation takes time: selecting the system, configuring it, conducting a pilot test with a single team or site, and gradually rolling it out across the entire organization.
Companies that wait until the final weeks before the deadline risk a rushed implementation—resulting in poor data quality, resistance from employees, and a system that is not yet stable on the day the law takes effect.
With LIVE.connect, you can generate a complete overview by employee, by site, or by time period in just a few minutes. You can also create exports that show the history of validations and corrections—exactly what inspectors expect.
A structured digital system transforms a social inspection from a stressful experience into a controlled process.
If you don’t manage your time tracking properly, you’re taking on more risks than you realize—and those risks go beyond just a potential fine. In the event of an audit, you must be able to prove how many hours were actually worked. If you can’t, you’re in a vulnerable position.
Specifically, this could lead to:
And often even more importantly: you lose track of how your own operations are running. What “works” today usually works… until an audit comes along.
The labor inspectorate doesn’t just check whether you’re recording information. Above all, they check whether you can prove it. During an inspection, for example, they ask for a breakdown of hours worked per employee, start and end times, who entered or updated what and when, the link to payroll records and reimbursements, and data broken down by job site, by day, or by period.
They expect objective, reliable, and traceable data. In practice, this means:
It’s not what you say happened that counts—but what you can prove.
Cleaning companies have been required to use CIAO for clocking in and out of work since 2024. Find out how you can easily comply with these regulations.
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