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If the collective agreement is thicker than the telephone directory, it’s time for some digital help.

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Complex pay scale rules for local authority HR departments: accurate payroll processing with ZEUS® Time and Attendance software

Complex pay scale rules for local authority HR departments: accurate payroll processing with ZEUS® Time and Attendance software

Part of the Cities, Municipalities and Local Authorities series
Collective agreements, allowances, shift models, premiums and different working time arrangements can quickly make payroll assessment in cities and municipalities complex. Working time is not always simply working time. ZEUS® Time and Attendance records relevant time data digitally, evaluates it according to predefined rules and provides the results for further payroll processing. This turns complex collective agreement requirements into structured and transparent processes.

From working time to agreement calculations: 

  • Shift and night work: working hours are evaluated according to the predefined rules.
  • Sundays and public holidays: relevant working hours are identified and taken into account accordingly.
  • Overtime and premiums: additional working hours and collectively agreed premiums are automatically taken into account.
  • Absences: holiday, sickness and other absences are incorporated into working time management.
  • Different working time models: Town halls, municipal maintenance departments, municipal utilities and other facilities can work with their own time rules.

One time entry, many possible consequences:

What matters is not only when an employee works, but also under which conditions. ZEUS® records working hours, applies predefined rules and evaluates the relevant types of time. This makes overtime, premiums and time credits, for example, transparent and easy to determine.

Your benefits: fewer manual calculations, consistent evaluation rules, transparent working time accounts, fewer transfer errors and reliable data for downstream processes

Collective agreement rules digitally instead of excel acrobatics

With ZEUS® Time and Attendance, working time models, time types and evaluation rules can be mapped in a structured way. Instead of repeatedly calculating collective agreement specifics manually in Excel, the relevant rules are stored centrally in the system. This creates a consistent data foundation and reduces the workload for HR departments. Especially in local authorities with many different employee groups and working time models, this is a significant advantage.

What actually happens between clocking in and payroll?

A time entry is transformed step by step into payroll-relevant information:

Employee records time » ZEUS® captures the time » Rules are applied » Working times are evaluated » Premiums and relevant time types are determined » Data is made available for payroll processing.

This means that HR departments no longer have to collect information from different lists or enter the same data multiple times. Once recorded digitally, the data can be used for further HR and payroll processes.

Different employees, different working hours, one system

Town halls, municipal maintenance departments, municipal utilities, schools and other local authority facilities have different working hours and requirements. ZEUS® Workforce Management maps these different working time models within a shared system landscape. This gives local authorities a time tracking solution that reflects their actual working environment and can also systematically map complex collective agreement requirements.

Automatically take premiums into account

Night work, Sundays or public holidays: different premiums may apply depending on when an employee works. Evaluating this information manually takes time and increases the risk of errors. With ZEUS® rule-based time evaluation, relevant time types can be taken into account automatically. This reduces manual effort, provides transparent and traceable evaluations and speeds up the preparation of payroll.

Absences are part of the equation too

Holiday, sickness and other absences are also part of comprehensive working time management. With ZEUS® Workforce Management, working hours and absences can be brought together centrally. This creates a consistent data foundation for HR departments instead of relying on numerous individual lists and systems.

Tariff chaos? Not with ZEUS®: your questions, our answers

ZEUS® can systematically map out different working time models, time types and valuation rules. This enables even complex requirements of local authority time management to be processed in a structured manner. The specific details of the collective agreement are configured in accordance with the individual requirements of the local authority.


ZEUS® can be integrated into existing system landscapes. This enables recorded and evaluated time data to be made available for downstream payroll processes. The integration with existing HR and SAP environments is of particular interest.


Yes. Different shift models and defined time types can be mapped in time management and evaluated accordingly. This makes ZEUS® suitable for local authority sectors with varying working hours and specific working arrangements.


Yes. ZEUS® Workforce Management is designed for use across various local authority departments. For example, staff can record their working hours at a terminal in the town hall, at the municipal works yard or at another local authority site. The data is then collated centrally.


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