Spanish Supreme Court declares it is not compulsory to maintain a daily record of employees' working hours

The Labour Chamber of the Supreme Court has overturned a ruling of the National Court (Audiencia Nacional) dated 04 December 2015 (Bankia case) which obliged the bank to set up a system of recording the daily working hours of its employees.

10 April 2017

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The ruling refers to article 35.5 of the Workers’ Statute Act (WSA) which is the object of the interpretation:

“In order to control the overtime, the working time of every employee shall be registered and will be summed up within the established period for the payment of salaries, delivering a copy of the summary to the employee together with the relevant pay slip.”

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