Time tracking in retail
In a shop, many contracts are part-time and the days follow opening hours. The register notes the hours clocked. The social secretariat turns them into pay. Horodata does not plan the shop floor.
Updated October 25, 2026
Opening, closing, breaks
The employee clocks in on arrival, on a break, and on leaving. A late close is a late clock-out, not a tick on an opening sheet. The time comes from the server.
Breaks count as minutes on the entry. They are not a pre-filled legal break template: they are the time actually clocked. A review before payroll is still required.
Part-time work and Sundays
Short shifts and Sundays appear as they were clocked. Horodata does not apply the part-time working regime, premiums or time off in lieu. Those rules belong to your social secretariat and your agreements.
The CSV gives them the hours. Keep each monthly export. You choose the period on export, up to five years. The path is described in the social secretariat guide.
Several shops
An account is one organisation and its employees. This version has no separate view per store. A chain that wants a subtotal per shop calculates it from the export, or keeps separate accounts if the companies are separate.
A location on the punch, if you turn it on, is a fix at clock-in and clock-out, with consent. It does not say which aisle the person worked in afterwards.
Inspection and limits
The PDF and the journal show how the shop’s hours were kept. They do not replace the working-time schedule that may have to be posted, or a staff register that other duties may require. Horodata is the time clocked.
No till, no catalogue, no shift planner. For the choice between a register and a broader suite, see the SME guide.
Related guides
On the site
Run the test across a week of opening hours, then export the hours.
These pages are informational and not legal advice. Always check with your social secretariat or counsel.