Absences & Overtime Software

Efficient Management and Approval of absences

Keep track of absences and overtime of your employees. Automate time recording, simplify vacation planning, and optimize deployment planning for your entire team.

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Managing absences with ZEP

With ZEP, you can manage overtime, absenteeism & vacation centrally and completely without paperwork.

Automatic overtime

Keep Track of Recorded Overtime

Set standard working hours and maintain an automatic overtime account. Automatic overtime capping makes it easy to manage compensation periods or overtime payouts.

Absence overview

Accurately document absences

Manage absences in the calendar and differentiate between different absenteeism categories such as illness, parental leave and unpaid vacation.

Transparent vacation planning

Seamlessly manage vacation requests

Track your employees' vacation status in real time. Create and approve vacation requests easily and automatically notify relevant people.

Absenteeism regulations

Guidelines for working hours and breaks

Define individual working time models, break regulations and absence policies for your employees. In this way, you minimize administrative costs and guarantee compliance with all legal requirements.

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More than 3,000 companies already rely on ZEP

The time tracking of choice — from startups to large corporations.

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“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

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Resource Planning

Plan capacity before it runs short

See on one timeline who still has capacity and who is overbooked, calculated from regular working hours, public holidays and absences.

Document Management

Securely store and organize important documents

Find all important documents securely in one place with structured folders, keywords and versioning.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions and answers.

Can ZEP help me manage overtime?

Yes, ZEP lets you store regular working hours for each employee, detects overtime automatically by comparing them with booked hours, and provides mechanisms for calculating and compensating overtime. Time off in lieu can be requested directly in the calendar.

How does ZEP make it easier to record and manage absences in the team?

ZEP offers fast, clear absence recording in the calendar, distinguishes between paid and unpaid absence categories (e.g. sickness, parental leave) and provides a configurable approval process.

How does vacation management work in ZEP and what are the benefits?

ZEP allows fast, clear vacation requests in the calendar. If approval is required, the vacation request can be submitted, and automatic notifications inform selected recipients about requested vacation. Remaining vacation is always visible.

How does ZEP help me digitize administrative tasks?

ZEP digitizes administrative tasks with an absence overview that shows all absences in one report. The calendar can be integrated into other programs. Monthly and annual closings provide an overview of the booking status. Ready-made reports make analysis easier.

Does ZEP offer mechanisms for automatically capping overtime?

Yes, ZEP offers automatic overtime capping if employment contracts include an absolute or percentage amount of overtime. This ensures compliance with contractual agreements and optimizes working time arrangements.