--- title: "Electronic working-time record for convenience stores and franchises · Sicheca" description: "How to keep the electronic working-time record in a convenience store: shifts, overtime, fines and the simplest way to record." url: https://sicheca.com/en/blog/registro-de-jornada-para-tiendas-de-conveniencia lang: en alternate_es: https://sicheca.com/blog/registro-de-jornada-para-tiendas-de-conveniencia.md --- By industry · 5 min read # Electronic working-time record for convenience stores and franchises Short answer A convenience store can meet the electronic working-time record requirement with a QR code printed and posted on site, which each person scans with their phone. The law requires recording each person's start and end time; it does not require a wall-mounted time clock. ## How work happens at a convenience store A convenience store has cashiers, shift managers and floor staff, with three shifts to operate 24 hours a day. That creates three challenges for measuring working time: - There are night shifts every day. - Each branch needs its own control. - Turnover is high. ## What the law requires of convenience stores and franchises Since the 2026 reform, the Federal Labor Law requires recording electronically the start and end time of each worker's workday (article 132, section XXXIV). Failing to do so is fined 250 to 5,000 UMA. The STPS will define who it applies to and what exceptions there will be. The details are in [the reform guide](https://sicheca.com/en/reforma-laboral-2027). **Night shifts.** A night shift lasts 7 hours at most, one less than a day shift. It helps if the record separates night hours from day hours. **Sundays.** Someone who works on a Sunday is entitled to a premium of at least 25% of one day's wage. The record tells you which Sundays each person worked. **Multiple locations.** Each place needs its own clock-in point. With a QR code, that is one printed sheet per location. **Staff turnover.** Each new person must clock in from their first day. With an app, registering them takes minutes. ## How to record working time at a convenience store 1. Register the workplace and its shifts. 2. Print the QR code and post it at the entrance or next to the register. 3. Each person scans it on arrival, when leaving for a break and when going home. 4. At the end of the day you review what does not add up and download the report whenever you need it. **Example.** With 12 branches, you only need to print 12 QR codes. The report can be viewed by person or by store. ## Calculate the Sunday premium ## How to do the math by hand With $400 per day, the premium for one Sunday is 400 × 25% = $100. If the person worked all four Sundays of the month, it is $400. ## Common mistakes at a convenience store - Keeping attendance from memory or in a notebook. - Recording the clock-in and forgetting the clock-out. - Not separating night hours, which have a lower daily maximum. - Not identifying which Sundays each person worked. - Using a different control at each location. - Leaving new people without a record during their first days. ## What to check every day and every week **Every day.** - Who did not record their clock-in or clock-out. - Shifts that went over their daily maximum. - Departures later than planned. **Every week.** - Each person's overtime against the weekly cap. - Sundays worked, for the Sunday premium. - Days when someone came close to 12 hours. - Rest days that were actually taken. ## How much an overtime hour costs: example in pesos Suppose a daily wage of $350 on a day shift. The ordinary hourly rate is $43.75. One overtime hour at double time costs $87.50 and one at triple time, $131.25. If a person works 9 overtime hours in a week in 2027, that is $787.50 extra. It is an example to show the calculation, not a reference wage for the sector. ## What changes every year, from 2026 to 2030 | Year | Maximum working hours | Double-time overtime | Triple-time overtime | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 48 h | 9 h | 4 h | | 2027 | 46 h | 9 h | 4 h | | 2028 | 44 h | 10 h | 4 h | | 2029 | 42 h | 11 h | 4 h | | 2030 | 40 h | 12 h | 4 h | Decree published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on May 1, 2026, second and fourth transitory provisions, and article 68 of the LFT. Each change applies from January 1. ## Related terms **[What is RESICO](https://sicheca.com/en/blog/que-es-resico).** RESICO is the Simplified Trust Regime (Régimen Simplificado de Confianza), a tax regime with reduced income tax rates for individuals and companies with income below certain limits. **[Sunday premium: what it is and how it is calculated](https://sicheca.com/en/blog/prima-dominical).** The Sunday premium is an additional payment of at least 25% on the salary of an ordinary day for anyone who works on Sunday. **[What the STPS is and what it does](https://sicheca.com/en/blog/que-es-la-stps).** The STPS is the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does a convenience store need to buy a time clock? No. The law requires an electronic record of working time, not a device. An app on a phone complies. ### What options are there for recording working time? An app on each person's phone, a shared tablet or a clock connected to a system. All three comply if they generate an electronic record per person, with a start and an end time. ### How are shifts that cross midnight recorded? Clock-in and clock-out are saved with their actual date and time, and the hours are added up even if the day changes. ### How do I know how much Sunday premium to pay? With the record you know which Sundays each person worked; the premium is at least 25% of one day's wage. ### What happens when the STPS publishes its rules? They will specify who the record applies to and its exceptions. It is worth checking them as soon as they appear in the Official Gazette of the Federation. ## Legal basis and sources - Electronic working-time record: article 132, section XXXIV, of the LFT and fifth transitory provision of the decree. - Overtime: articles 66 and 68 of the LFT and fourth transitory provision of the decree. - Working hours: articles 58 to 64 of the LFT and second transitory provision of the decree. - [Decree amending the Federal Labor Law on the reduction of the working week](https://sidof.segob.gob.mx/notas/docFuente/5786537). Official Gazette of the Federation, May 1, 2026. - [Federal Labor Law, current text](https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/LFT.pdf). Chamber of Deputies. **How we write this content.** The Sicheca team writes it from the official text of the law. When something is not yet defined by the authority, we say so. 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