Glossary

Night Work

Night work is work performed during a defined night window, often roughly 10pm to 6am. Many countries add protections: a separate pay allowance, tighter hour limits, or health checks for regular night workers.

Common rules

A statutory allowance or premium may apply, sometimes separate from overtime pay.
Average nightly hours may be capped over a reference period.
Regular night workers may be entitled to health assessments.

Details vary widely by country and collective agreement.

Why it matters

Night hours can carry different pay and stricter limits, so they need to be identified and recorded accurately, not lumped in with day hours.

How Sandtime.io fits

Sandtime.io records when work happens, so night hours are visible in the same reviewable record as the rest of the day.

Night work often carries its own allowance beyond overtime, is bounded by rest periods, and is averaged within a reference period.

Overtime

Hours worked beyond the standard workweek. Often subject to premium pay rates and labor law regulations.

Rest Period

The minimum uninterrupted time off guaranteed between shifts and each week, such as 11 hours of daily rest and around 35 hours of weekly rest in the EU.

Reference Period

The window over which an average working-time limit is measured, so a busy week can be balanced by a lighter one within the average.