🆕 Attendance Policies: Making Attendance settings in Personio More Flexible Than Ever

Dear Community,

Today we're introducing one of our biggest Attendance updates yet: the new Attendance Policies. Until now, working hours, time tracking, and overtime settings were all bundled into a single work schedule — which led to hundreds of duplicates of the same settings for many of you, with no real way to organize them. That changes now.

What's new?

Attendance settings are now split into three standalone policies:

• 🗓️ Work Schedule Policies – When and how many hours do employees work?
• ⏱️ Time Tracking Policies – How is time tracked? (Clock-in/out, break rules, restrictions)
• 📈 Overtime Policies – How are overtime and deficit hours calculated?

What does this mean for you?

• Safe adjustments – Update policy settings with an effective date without changing historical data
• Temporary assignments – Assign a policy for a limited period; the previous policy kicks back in automatically afterwards
• Conflict checks – Warnings for conflicting settings before you save
• Archiving – Hide unused policies from your view while keeping the data intact
• Audit log – Track who changed what and when

For more details, check out the Help Center: The Transition to Attendance Policies.

What do you need to do?

The migration happens automatically and only affects the admin view — your employees won't notice a thing. One thing to keep in mind: some policy names will change (based on your existing work schedule names) and may no longer fit the new structure. We recommend reviewing and updating them after the rollout.

You'll receive an email in advance with your specific update date. In the meantime, you can already preview in your account how your settings will look after the update — though changes won't be possible until after the rollout.

We're rolling this out gradually, meaning the first accounts will receive the update as early as next week, with the rest following in stages through mid-July.

Best, 

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