The government introduces electronic working-hours records: what it means for employers

The government has presented a project for unified electronic working-hours records (JEER) and an educational campaign to curb undeclared work. Here is what the project includes, who it concerns first and how you can prepare today.

27 January 2026 · ~4 min read

A worker taps a card on a handheld Cuketi terminal at a construction site — The JEER project targets exactly field workplaces such as construction sites: a clock-in at the entrance, with time and location.

What the government presented

The Government of the Republic of Croatia has presented a project to introduce unified electronic working-hours records (JEER) and an educational campaign aimed at curbing undeclared work. The project is worth €3.9 million, is financed from the European Social Fund Plus and runs for two years. It is carried out by the Ministry of Labour, the Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP), the Croatian Chamber of Economy (HGK) and the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts (HOK).

Who it concerns first

The project targets activities with changing and field workplaces, above all platform work and construction. The system already operates in the area of platform work, and the announced expansion covers construction sites, where undeclared work has traditionally been the hardest to track.

How it would work

The proposal for construction sites includes recording workers at the site entrance via an app, which makes it possible to track:

the start and end of each worker’s work,
the location where the clock-in took place.

In other words, records move from paper to a digital entry created at the source, right at the entrance, at the moment of arrival and departure.

Stricter law and education

Alongside the system, a new Act on Curbing Undeclared Work has been announced, providing stricter penalties for “persistent”, repeat offenders. The educational campaign includes 20 training sessions for employers and programmes in secondary schools in Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka and Split.

What you can do today

The direction is clear: working-hours records are going digital, created at the entrance and logging time and location. That is exactly what Cuketi already does: a dedicated terminal or an app at the entrance, clock-in by card, PIN or QR, geofence and a GPS log with each clock-in, and records compliant with the Croatian Ordinance on working-hours records (NN 55/2024) and ready for inspection. You do not have to wait for a legal obligation to replace paper with a tidy digital record.

Note: Cuketi is an independent commercial solution and is not the official state JEER system, nor part of this government project. We describe the state project and Cuketi separately; this text is informational.

Source: Government of the Republic of Croatia, Project for electronic working-hours records and educational campaign presented.

Digital records at the entrance, ready for inspection.

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