What the law says
Amendment 24 to the Wage Protection Law (2008) added section 25(a1) to the Hours of Work and Rest Law: the hours register records working hours, weekly rest hours and overtime on an ongoing basis, and includes the hours actually worked. A record that is not kept by mechanical, digital or electronic means is signed every day by the employee and approved by a person the employer appointed for it.
The same amendment added section 26B to the Wage Protection Law: in a pay claim where the working hours are disputed, if the employer did not present attendance records from the hours register, the employer has to prove that the employee was not at work's disposal in those hours. In a claim for overtime pay this applies to up to 15 overtime hours a week or 60 a month.
Overtime is counted against the working day and week: in the Hours of Work and Rest Law, up to eight working hours a day (section 2(a)) and up to 45 hours a week (section 3). A collective agreement or an extension order that applies to the employer may set a shorter working week or a different working day, and then overtime starts earlier; the law does not take away such a right (section 35). The employer has to check which applies to its workers.
How it is recorded here
Every clock-in and clock-out is kept with its time, and with a location check when the site has a location set. A manager approves the entries, and every approval and change is written to the activity trail. Once a month is closed for payroll its hours are locked, including against the company owner.
Overtime, rest days and holidays
Reports separate regular hours from hours at 125%, 150%, 175% and 200%. Work on the weekly rest day and on the holidays your business observes is counted as rest-day work.
Who can see the record, and when it stops changing
An employee can always see their own record, a manager sees their department, and every correction to a punch keeps who made it and when. That matters little on an ordinary day and a great deal on the day somebody asks why the hours differ from what they remember.
Once a month has been checked it can be locked, and from that moment the figures do not move. The report that went to payroll is the same report six months later, not a version that changed in between.
Please note
This page explains the rules in general terms and is not legal advice. Check the data and calculation settings before hours go to payroll; for a question about a particular case, ask a payroll adviser or a lawyer.
Sources and review
Jurisdiction: Israel. Sources: the Wage Protection Law (Amendment 24), 5768-2008, in Reshumot (Sefer HaChukkim 2162, p. 612), the Wage Protection Law, 5718-1958, in the Knesset's National Legislation Database and the Hours of Work and Rest Law in the same database, in Hebrew. This page was reviewed against these texts on 4 October 2026.