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There is no single European figure. It runs from one year in France to ten in Poland, and in some countries the clock does not even start at the same point. If you have staff in more than one country, this matters.
Working time in the EU: retention periods compared
Retention periods for working time records in 23 EU countries: from one year in France to ten in Poland, with the rule that sets each one.
Working time records in Ireland: three years’ retention
Working time records in Ireland: the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 requires employers to keep them for at least three years from when they are made.
How Puntual handles it
Puntual applies the rules for your country as soon as you pick the country when registering your company. Clock-ins are never edited — a correction is added next to the original, together with who approved it — and the export includes an annex that lets anyone verify nothing has been altered, without depending on us. Clocking in also works offline, which is exactly when the others fail.
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