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The registro de jornada, written by the tachograph

Tacho Manager turns each driver's card activities into the monthly working-time registry Spanish law requires. Every shift shows its real start and end, driving, other work, breaks and effective total, and the month is exported as a PDF ready for the company and the worker to sign.

Company account Driver account

Company accounts generate and download the registry for every driver they manage; driver accounts see and download their own months once their company switches on Time registry access.

Why it matters

No manual clock-in

Working time is taken from the tachograph card the driver already downloads. Nobody types hours, and driving and other work are counted exactly as the card recorded them.

Real shifts, not calendar days

Activities are grouped into shifts separated by a rest of nine hours or more. A night shift that crosses midnight is one row with its real end time marked +1, not two broken days.

One PDF per driver and month

An A4 landscape document in Spanish with the identity block, one line per calendar day, monthly totals, the legal note and signature lines for the company and the worker.

Several employer companies

Keep more than one employer company under one account, each with its CIF/NIF and workplace, and assign the right one to each driver. The registry carries that company's details.

Drivers can see their own

Switch on Time registry access per driver and the driver account gets the same table and PDF for its own card, with no request to the office.

Duplicates removed

Overlapping card downloads are merged into a single timeline, so a period recorded in several files counts once and totals are never inflated by repeated downloads.

How it works

1

Upload the card

Driver-card files reach the account through the web upload, the Android app with a card reader, or the driver's own linked account.

2

Pick driver and month

Open Time registry, choose the driver, the month and the year. The table appears with one row per shift and a month total line.

3

Check the identity block

The page shows the employer company, CIF/NIF and workplace beside the worker's name, DNI/NIF and Social Security number, and warns if anything is missing.

4

Download the PDF

Click Download PDF to get the registro de jornada for that month, named after the card number and the month, ready to print and sign.

In detail

What counts as effective time

Effective working time = driving + other work. Availability is used to find the span of the shift but is not shown or counted, and breaks are the gaps inside a shift shorter than nine hours.

Columns on screen and on paper

Date, Start, End, Driving, Other work, Breaks and Effective total per shift, then a MONTH TOTAL row with the days worked. The PDF adds the weekday and lists rest days as Descanso / sin actividad.

One source file per month

A closed month is built from the first card download made after the month ended; the current month uses the latest file. Days still to come are left blank in the PDF.

Employment start date

The driver's Working with company since date, shared with Payroll, clips the registry: card activity before that date is ignored, so earlier days show as rest.

Company profiles on the Account page

Each employer company stores name, CIF/NIF, workplace, address, postal code, city, country, phone and email. Deleting a profile unassigns its drivers; the PDF stays disabled until a company is assigned.

Legal references on the document

The PDF cites Art. 34.9 of the Workers' Statute and RD 1561/1995 art. 10 bis, notes that work done outside the vehicle may need a complementary record, and reminds you to keep it for four years.

Questions

Is the time registry only for Spain?

It is built for the Spanish registro de jornada, so the PDF is in Spanish and cites Spanish law. The table on screen follows your app language, and the shift totals are useful to any fleet.

Why does the PDF button stay grey?

The download is enabled only when the month has card activity and the driver has an employer company assigned. Add a company under Account, then assign it in the driver's edit form under Company (Time Registry).

Does a night shift split across two days?

No. A shift is anchored to the day it starts and shows its real end time with a +1 marker when it finishes the next day. The following calendar day counts as rest unless another shift starts on it.

Can a driver download their own registry?

Yes, when the company holds the module and switches on Time registry access in the driver's edit form. The driver then sees Time registry in the menu, picks a month and downloads the PDF for their own card.

Does it record work done outside the truck?

No. The registry contains only what the tachograph card recorded. The PDF itself notes that loading, waiting or paperwork done away from the vehicle may need a complementary record.

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