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You know who is on your construction site. But can you also prove when they worked?
Clear information about the new requirement—without legal jargon.
Starting January 1, 2027, every Belgian company must accurately record working hours using a digital system that provides objective, reliable, and accessible records. These three words were not chosen at random: they are literally the criteria your system must meet.
The measure stems from a 2019 ruling by the European Court of Justice, which requires member states to ensure that employers can demonstrate compliance with rest periods and maximum working hours. After years of debate, Belgium has set 2027 as the deadline for all sectors.
For construction companies, this represents a fundamental change. The labor inspectorate will conduct active inspections—and those unable to provide a well-documented system risk not only fines but also complications in disputes over overtime or compensation.
The difference? It’s not what you know that counts. It’s what you can demonstrate.
All employers, all sectors, and all categories of employees—including construction site workers, mobile workers, and teleworkers. There are no exceptions based on company size.
Daily working hours, actual working hours, and overtime—by employee, by day, with full traceability of validations and corrections.
Unsecured Excel files, paper forms filled out retroactively, and systems without verifiable traceability do not meet the legal requirements.
The law does not prescribe a specific tool. You are free to choose—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.
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.
With AllConnects, you can combine everything that needs to be recorded on-site into a single, logical workflow. Your teams do it once, and they do it right—and you always have a complete record ready.
Here’s what a typical workday looks like in practice:
Everything is recorded accurately and ready to use—for HR, payroll, and the labor inspectorate.
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. Checkinatwork tracks who is present at the worksite —but not how long they worked. It does not record start and end times, breaks, or actual working hours.
The new legislation requires that extra layer: time tracking. Checkinatwork remains mandatory and serves as the foundation, but you’ll also need a time-tracking solution that tracks start times, end times, and overtime. LIVE.connect integrates 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.
The term "check-in and check-out" refers to the expansion required by the 2027 legislation: not only recording arrival (check-in), but also departure (check-out) and the entire duration in between. That is a fundamental difference: from mere presence to actual working time.
Not as the sole record-keeping system. The law requires a system that provides objective traceability —it must be possible to demonstrate who entered or modified which data, when, and in what context. An Excel file, even one with password protection or version control, cannot conclusively demonstrate this.
Excel may be used as an export or reporting tool alongside a compliant system, but never as the primary means of recording data.
Yes. This requirement applies to all Belgian employers, regardless of the size of the company, the sector, or the number of employees. There are no exceptions based on company size.
Depending on the employment regulations or collective bargaining agreements in your industry, specific requirements may apply, but the basic obligation to track hours is universal.
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.
Ideally, you should start in 2025 or early 2026. A successful 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 end of 2026 risk a rushed implementation—resulting in poor data quality, resistance from employees, and a system that is not yet stable by the time 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.
Customer Stories
For companies that want to take control of costs and scheduling—and stop relying on gut feelings. AllConnects doesn’t make empty promises; it delivers proven results. Read how construction companies are already making better decisions today about their fleets, job sites, and mobile teams.
The examples below show how construction companies are already using automated attendance tracking. The switch to Checkin and Out at Work builds on that same foundation.
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